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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈin•ner ˈcit•y, n. [countable]
  1. Sociologya central part of a city, often deteriorating, populated mainly by poor people:the problems of the nation's inner cities.

ˈin•ner-ˈcit•y, adj. [before a noun]inner-city crime.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
in′ner cit′y, 
  1. Sociologyan older part of a city, densely populated and usually deteriorating, inhabited mainly by poor, often minority, groups. Cf. central city.
  • 1960–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
inner city n
    • the parts of a city in or near its centre, esp when they are associated with poverty, unemployment, substandard housing, etc
    • (as modifier): inner-city schools
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