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Adjective: sleazy (sleazier,sleaziest)  slee-zee
  1. Morally degraded; unpleasant and offensive; slovenly
    "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls";
    - seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid
     
  2. [archaic] Of cloth; thin and loosely woven
    "the coat has a sleazy lining"
     
  3. [archaic] Of very poor quality; flimsy
    - bum [informal], cheap, cheesy [informal], chintzy [N. Amer, informal], crummy [informal], punk [N. Amer, informal], tinny [archaic], tacky [informal], crumby [informal]

Derived forms: sleaziest, sleazier

See also: disreputable, inferior, thin

Encyclopedia: Sleazy