What is the meaning of sleazy?

Of cloth; thin and loosely woven.
- usage: "the coat has a sleazy lining"
Of very poor quality; flimsy.
- synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, tinny
Morally degraded.
- usage: "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with... Dirt on the walls- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
- synonyms: seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid

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