noun
1. morally dishonorable
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an embarrassing sleaziness that I hope will be corrected by the more ethical newspapers
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sleazy
• Hypernyms: ↑dishonorableness, ↑dishonourableness
2. a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
• Syn: ↑shabbiness, ↑seediness, ↑manginess
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sleazy, ↑mangy (for: ↑manginess), ↑seedy (for: ↑seediness), ↑shabby (for: ↑shabbiness)
• Hypernyms: ↑inelegance
• Hyponyms: ↑raggedness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.