Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sleazy, thin, or flimsy character or quality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quality of being sleazy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
sleazy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
- noun morally dishonorable
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Examples
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The links between the top Republicans and their manifold crimes and sleaziness is now coming to the surface.
Think Progress » Congress will investigate Bush’s secret 2005
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While not a crime and probably a real turn-on for the guy whose lap is being grinded, there is still a kind of sleaziness associated with lap dancing.
Carine Fabius: Don't Blame Me, I Voted Republican Carine Fabius 2011
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While not a crime and probably a real turn-on for the guy whose lap is being grinded, there is still a kind of sleaziness associated with lap dancing.
Carine Fabius: Don't Blame Me, I Voted Republican Carine Fabius 2011
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Indeed, some might argue that this kind of "sleaziness" is the pillar of capitalism: Never disclose the size of your profit.
Gary S. Chafetz: SUPREME COURT FINALLY GUTS HONEST-SERVICE FRAUD 2010
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That's the kind of sleaziness that earns you the moniker "genius" in some American media circles.
Michael Sigman: Mainstream Media Swoon Over Rove's Power Play 2010
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That's the kind of sleaziness that earns you the moniker "genius" in some American media circles.
Michael Sigman: Mainstream Media Swoon Over Rove's Power Play 2010
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What kind of sleaziness does it take to argue clerical errors should result in canceling the legitimate votes of thousands of citizens?
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He is an excellent speaker/debater and shares with Obama the same type of commitment to the middle-class and a lack of "sleaziness" for lack of a better word.
Edwards On Nevada Loss: I'm In This Until The End, For The Sake Of Middle Class 2009
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But this is a certain kind of sleaziness I have a particularly bad response to, because it so often, no matter what decade, gets excused away as harmless, like to find it repugnant makes you an uncool stick in the mud whiner.
MetaFilter 2010
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Indeed, some might argue that this kind of "sleaziness" is the pillar of capitalism: Never disclose the size of your profit.
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