Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shabby, dirty, and vulgar; tawdry.
- adjective Dishonest or corrupt; disreputable.
- adjective Made of low-quality materials; cheap or shoddy.
- adjective Thin and loosely woven; flimsy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of thin or flimsy substance; composed of poor or light material: said of a textile fabric.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Marked by low
quality ;inferior ;inadequate . - adjective
Dishonorable ;base ;vulgar ;raunchy ;sordid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of cloth; thin and loosely woven
- adjective morally degraded
- adjective of very poor quality; flimsy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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People shot and stabbed and strangled each other in sleazy bars and hillside mansions, strip malls, abandoned houses and parking lots.
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"Live Girls" by Ray Garton - Fun 80's splatterpunk book set in sleazy old Times Square
Voice of the Fans: What Book Have You Recently Read That's Good Enough To Recommend To a Friend? 2010
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Blaine and Helena marry; Helena dies in sleazy circumstances.
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There are far more glamorous poses they could have struck, but GQ wanted sleazy and sleazy is what they delivered.
Danielle Berrin: The Super-Sexy Glee Photos and Why They're Really Offensive Danielle Berrin 2010
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JPMorgan's in-house foreclosure operation was described as a sleazy operation where "Burger King kids" - untrained young people - were hired to foreclose on homeowners.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Want to Solve All your Problems, Rupert Murdoch? Become A Banker. RJ 2011
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Formerly, one had to go seeking, and disregard the possibility of being seen in sleazy places, purchasing videos, buying the magazines – but the computer and the cable tv bring it in the house where boys (and husbands) can be lured and addicted – and girls too.
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The problem with most of these types of sites is that they go up and down and often end up covered in sleazy ads that trick you into clicking the wrong thing — though Vixy seems to be a solid option for now.
The Complete Guide To Ripping And Converting Flash Videos | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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JPMorgan's in-house foreclosure operation was described as a sleazy operation where "Burger King kids" - untrained young people - were hired to foreclose on homeowners.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Want to Solve All your Problems, Rupert Murdoch? Become A Banker. RJ 2011
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The up-tick in sleazy anti-Clinton articles and biased talking head commentators in the media are so blatantly devoid of substance it's astounding!
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The only thing sleazy is the way Bill Clinton acts.
ruzuzu commented on the word sleazy
"Beside her, on a little thin clothespole, hung a mantle and a coat of sleazy material. The mantle had no fur linings, but very poor and shabby ones of heavy, shaggy black lamb."
--The Romance of the Rose, Guilluame de Lorris & Jean de Meun
November 14, 2010