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adj. morally degraded; "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"

unwholesome

adj. detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down

adj. in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

tattered, tatterdemalion

adj. worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"

currish

adj. resembling a cur; snarling and rude

crooked, corrupt

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

discredited, damaged

adj. being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician"; "her damaged reputation"

ill-famed, infamous, notorious

adj. known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold";

louche, shady

adj. of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"

unrespectable

adj. unworthy of respect

unrespected

adj. accorded no respect

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