Sleaze
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Etymology
sleazy originally was an adjective used to decribe the thinness and low quality of cloth
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Adjective
sleazy
- Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
- Dishonorable; base; vulgar; raunchy
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Noun
sleaze
- a person with low moral standards
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Quotations
- 1988: The level of sleaze in this city seems to have been rising rapidly in recent years. — The New Yorker, 11 Jan 1988
- 2004: ministerial sleaze and mendacity — London Review of Books, 19 Aug 2004
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