sleazinessn.
The fact or quality of being sleazy.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality
vacuity1593
inanity1603
slightnessa1616
outsideness1647
frothinessa1716
sleaziness1727
floatiness1839
thistledown1868
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > moral sordidness
mirec1400
sordidity1584
dirta1625
dirtiness1649
sordidness1656
sleaziness1727
sordor1823
seediness1852
squalor1860
sleaze1967
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1891 Lang in Illustr. London News 7 Mar. Mr. Lanier with his sleaziness condoning the immortal speeches of Achilles and Odysseus.
1959 Guardian 3 Dec. 7/2 The pop-eyed sleaziness of a Master Elliot's night-boy.
1978 Fortune 18 Dec. 107 The classifieds represent a sleaziness of practice that I hope will be corrected by the more ethical newspapers and publishers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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