Noun: sleaziness slee-zee-nus
- The quality of being morally dishonourable or sordid
"an embarrassing sleaziness that I hope will be corrected by the more ethical newspapers";
- seaminess
- A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
"The sleaziness of the motel made them decide to find alternative accommodation";
- shabbiness, seediness, manginess, seaminess
Type of: dishonorableness [US], dishonourableness [Brit, Cdn], inelegance