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as in corrupt
having loose sexual morals
a sleazy lothario who is always on the make
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as in cheap
of low quality
a sleazy yellow coat that was marked down to practically nothing and not worth even that
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as in flimsy
being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance
these cheap, sleazy curtains would do a poor job of blocking those wintertime blasts of cold air
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as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
several letters in the sleazy motel's neon "vacancy" sign had burned out
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Recent Examples of sleazy
Scrooged is a modern retelling of the 1843 Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol where Murray plays a sleazy TV executive visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
Schwarzenegger stars as the haughty, sleazy eldest son of a wealthy family whose patriarch and matriarch are portrayed by Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey, respectively.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
Eleni’s starting to realize the gravity of her situation when her sleazy lawyer Leslie Walker (Ken Garito) arrives to bluster about jurisdiction and procedural missteps.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
However, Touch deserves some credit for a compelling opening scene and an odd turn by Paul Mazursky as a sleazy, profane record exec.
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—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
Schwarzenegger stars as the haughty, sleazy eldest son of a wealthy family whose patriarch and matriarch are portrayed by Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey, respectively.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
Eleni’s starting to realize the gravity of her situation when her sleazy lawyer Leslie Walker (Ken Garito) arrives to bluster about jurisdiction and procedural missteps.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
However, Touch deserves some credit for a compelling opening scene and an odd turn by Paul Mazursky as a sleazy, profane record exec.
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—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
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Ellen Pompeo, Bella Ramsey, Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Paul Feig & More Based on the New York Times best-selling comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys follows a group of vigilantes who aim to keep corrupt superheroes in check.—
Ryan Fleming,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2025
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On top of that, Adams has sagging poll numbers, low fundraising dollars and the appearance of a corrupt bargain with President Trump.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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In the early 1970s, the widespread availability of cheap, preformed fiberglass pools meant the rate of young children drowning soared.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
3 Apr. 2025
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However, note that these are smaller models that could run on a less expensive GPUs or even a CPU with cheaper memory instead of the super expensive HBM memory currently used in all high-end accelerators.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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This kind of bomb is, in a sense, the very opposite of a flimsy thermobaric bomb.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The foam cups, which are not flimsy or removable like the ones in bathing suits, provide flexible support that looks good under dresses, shirts, and sweaters, according to shoppers.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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City officials say failing lifeguard towers present two problems: Lifeguards could get injured inside a dilapidated structure, and the public could be at higher risk if lifeguards can’t effectively scan beaches and bays.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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The film follows three characters – a traditional beekeeper, a healer and a priest attempting to save a dilapidated church – and features archival material dating back to the 1930s.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2025
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These were the years in which capitalism shed its pitiless light on the absurd British soul, with its deep striations of caste and station, its postcolonial taint, most of all its perverted emotional core, full of love and loathing for its own extremes of domination and servitude.—
Rachel Cusk,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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But, even at its most perverted, Shadow of the Erdtree handles motherhood like nuclear energy.—
Ashley Bardhan,
Vulture,
5 July 2024
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The rhetoric pushed here is that someone with a high body count has less value and will either make a terrible partner or no one will want them in the first place.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The domestic box office is presently in a terrible state, and Minecraft could prove to be the shot of confidence Hollywood studios and cinema owners need after recent films, including Disney’s Snow White, have turned into major disappointments.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps to match the bottle’s packaging, Brown wore a frothy pink blouse, bubble bath pink nails, and pastel pink hair.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
26 Mar. 2025
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This is light frothy entertainment with an unassailable Irish literary pedigree.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2025
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Some who have tolerated a static image on a neglected part of their screen may not be as accepting of more distracting ad formats.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
17 Mar. 2025
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This was to help end the puppy mill industry, where dogs are bred en masse, leading them to be born and raised in filthy and neglected conditions.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Sleazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleazy. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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