Scummy in a sentence as an adjective

Oracle is just trying to do good in a scummy space.

But I've had more than one manager who was outright scummy.

To that site's credit, its business model is just as scummy as JustFab's.

Him being bitter about the fact and that it was a scummy thing to do are not mutually exclusive.

I'm willing to acknowledge that there can exist marketing that is not scummy but it's hard for me to think of real world examples.

Can someone describe for me the difference between scummy marketing and, I guess I'll call it 'ethical' marketing?

The appalling thing here is that Steve Jobs attempted an extremely scummy and potentially illegal move.

I'm one of those developers who thinks that marketing in general is 'scummy' and this article has done nothing to change that perception.

This line of business is known as 'scummy' and InstallMonetizer is plain 'scummy'.Simple fact, trying to rationalize it doesn't help.

Confusing inept users into installing random toolbars[1] that break their browsers and force them to call IT pros to 'clean up' their computers is pretty scummy.

This doesn't surprise me in the least, Appsumo is a pretty scummy operation, regardless of how much PR effort they put into cultivating the HN audience.

LinkedIn has had so many security issues, so much scummy behaviour regarding spam, user retention etc... yet you are still blessing them with your presence.

There's plenty of sites out there that don't engage in scummy growth tactics and try to harvest my personal information unnecessarily, i'll visit them instead.

Is the reason we should consider things posted to Facebook as public that we've seen Facebook be scummy for years now and should have learned that their promises are nonsense?I don't think you're wrong or anything.

I hate this one-sided professionalism that we're expected to hold where we never tell the truth about ex-employers or scummy ex-business partners.

This does bring me back to my original point though, why use LinkedIn when you can use a company that isn't scummy and actually have your real work experience on there and a link back to your personal website with more portfolio etc?

Scummy definitions

adjective

of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

See also: abject low-down miserable scurvy

adjective

covered with scum; "the scummy surface of the polluted pond"