| NOUN | attribute | sleaziness | morally dishonorable |
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| attribute | sleaziness, shabbiness, seediness, manginess | a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing |
| Meaning | morally dishonorable. | |
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| Example | "an embarrassing sleaziness that I hope will be corrected by the more ethical newspapers" | |
| Broader | dishonorableness, dishonourableness | The quality of not deserving honor or respect |
| Adjectives | sleazy | morally degraded |
| Meaning | A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing. | |
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| Synonyms | shabbiness, seediness, manginess | |
| Narrower | raggedness | shabbiness by virtue of being in rags |
| Broader | inelegance | The quality of lacking refinement and good taste |
| Spanish | desaliño, desaseo | |
| Adjectives | sleazy | of very poor quality |
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