slum-ridden

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English

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Etymology

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From slum +‎ -ridden.

Adjective

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slum-ridden (comparative more slum-ridden, superlative most slum-ridden)

  1. (of a populated area) Full of slums.
    • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 22:
      Pearson's first idea, set out in 1839, was for a railway in a wide, covered-over cutting. It would connect a giant half-underground station at Farringdon with stations all over England. [...] The appeal of Farringdon was that this slum-ridden area was being redeveloped by Pearson's new employers, the Corporation of London.