Sajid Javid

I used to live in a street in Bristol which was, depending on your tabloid of choice, either Britain's most dangerous street or a moral cesspit. People made judgments about me on where I lived. It affected me - it affected my life chances. That is going on today with people in social housing. That, to me, isn't acceptable.

British Politician

Olivia Wilde

I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.

American Actress

Ben Carson

I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.

American Scientist

Garrett Hardin

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.

American Environmentalist

George Sanders

Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.

American Actor

Norman Angell

Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence of people swirling about in a human cesspit of their own making.

British Writer

Sarah Cooper

Twitter is a cesspool but I find I can ignore most of the cess most of the time.

Jamaican Comedian

John Jay Chapman

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

American Poet

Bernadine Dohrn

Over all, many of society's values are a cesspool.

American Educator

Stewart Udall

American Politician

Used to describe an actual tank where sewage is collected, not necessarily only a pit in the ground.

Literal meaning

When referring to a place, it suggests poor management or maintenance.

Negative connotation

Typically found outside and away from living spaces due to odor and health concerns.

Physical location

Figuratively describes situations or environments that are extremely bad or immoral.

Metaphorical use

Used to highlight disorder or extreme lack of cleanliness, more than just untidy.

Emphasizing chaos

Known as an informal term, it might be inappropriate in formal contexts like academic writing.

Informal register

 You know they generate equally giant piles of toxic salt that are basically impossible to dispose of. And those megacities you like? Can you name me an actually existing megacity that really exists in the world today, except for possibly Tokyo, that isn't a cesspool of corruption and inequality?

How will we survive when...

 which Dr. Snow attributed to the fact that the workhouse had its own private well. Finally, Dr. Snow heard of an infant who may have been one of the earliest victims of the outbreak. He learned that the child's dirty diapers had been thrown into a cesspool

How a few scientists...

 Oxpeckers ravage cracks in their delicate skin. And 20 tons of waste a day has turned it into a cesspit.

Cesspit