sleazy

sleazy
sleazily, adv.sleaziness, n.
/slee"zee, slay"zee/, adj., sleazier, sleaziest.
1. contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable: sleazy politics.
2. squalid; sordid; filthy; dilapidated: a sleazy hotel.
3. thin or poor in texture, as a fabric; cheap; flimsy: a sleazy dress; a sleazy excuse.
[1635-45; (def. 3) of obscure orig. (prob. unrelated to SILESIA other than by folk etym.); sense of defs. 1-2 (first attested 1941) perh. represent a distinct word]

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