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SLUMMED
SLUM
slum
(verb) spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one’s own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; “attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
slummed
simple past tense and past participle of slum
Source: Wiktionary
SLUM
Slum, n. Etym: [CF. Slump, n.]
1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. Dickens.
2. pl. (Mining)
Definition: Same as Slimes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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