1900-2000sleazy (of cloth) ‘too thin or light’(17-20 centuries)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
sleazy drug smugglers
sleazy porn movies
The bar was cheap and sleazy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Also contributing to the turmoil recently has been growing criticism that the talk shows focus on sleazy topics.
As the ex-husband, Patrick is wonderfully sleazy.
She would worry that Kelly was becoming involved in the sleazy aftermath of her father's death.
The First Couple looks sleazy and careless but not necessarily sinister.
The two actually meet when the up-and-coming star comes to Houston for a gig at a slightly sleazy roadhouse.
This house was the very embodiment of sleazy discomfort.
1a sleazy place is dirty, cheap, or in bad condition: a sleazy bar2relating to sex or dishonest behaviour – used to show disapproval: a sleazy lawyer—sleaziness noun [uncountable]