grubby

adjective

/ˈɡrʌb.i/

Definition

› informal dirty: He was wearing some old shorts and a grubby T-shirt. Don't wipe your grubby hands on my clean towel!Dirty and untidy › disapproving If you describe an activity or someone's behaviour as grubby, you do not think that it is honest, fair, or acceptable: She sees the business of making money as just grubby opportunism. He doesn't want this story to get into the grubby hands of the tabloid press (= to be obtained by newspapers who are not honest and fair).Humiliating and degrading

(Definition of grubby adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)