slumminess

English

Etymology

From slummy +‎ -ness.

Noun

slumminess (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being slummy.
    • 1965 February 4, “Block of Hope”, in Daily News, volume 46, number 192, New York, N.Y.: News Syndicate Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37, column 1:
      And when the job is done and the inhabitants are settled in their shined-up, painted-up and plumbered-up dwellings, it will be interesting and important to see what percentage of these places is kept by their occupants in that condition, and what percentage is allowed to sag swiftly back to slumminess.

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