Bad and Sleazy

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Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Usage example: a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess

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Sleazy and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sleazy" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Sleazy adjective - Of low quality.

Usage example: a sleazy yellow coat that was marked down to practically nothing and not worth even that

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Bad and sleazy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Sleazy".

Nearby Word: sleaze

The first episode in general didn't seem to be sure if Donnie was a sleazy, Uwe Boll-style bad filmmaker or an earnest, Ed Wood-style bad filmmaker.

Source: Web Video / Demo Reel
Played with with the sexual investigators, who are just too Butt Monkey to ever really qualify as bad guys no matter how much sleazy shit they're mixed up in.

Source: Comic Book / Preacher
Steve Dallas, a sleazy (human) lawyer whose track record with women is as bad as his track record in court.

Source: Comic Strip / Bloom County

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