a very large area of buildings, industries etc that has spread from a city into the countryside surrounding it, especially in a way that is not attractive
We drove through several miles of urbansprawl.
Synonyms and related words
Areas in towns or cities
agora
area
armpit
urban sprawl
noun uncountable
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a very large area of buildings, industries, etc. that has spread from a city into the countryside surrounding it, especially in a way that is not attractive