[slea.zy] adj slea.zi.er ; -est [origin unknown] (ca. 1645) 1 a: lacking firmness of texture: flimsy b: carelessly made of inferior materials: shoddy
2. a: marked by low character or quality "~ tabloids" b: squalid, dilapidated "~ bars" -- slea.zi.ly adv -- slea.zi.ness n