seedier; seediest
1
: containing or full of seeds
a seedy fruit
2
: inferior in condition or quality: such as
b
: somewhat disreputable
a seedy district
a seedy lawyer
c
: slightly unwell : debilitated
felt seedy and went home early
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Examples of seedy in a Sentence
He was wearing a seedy suit.
a seedy area of the city
Recent Examples on the Web
Phil Ellwood has long occupied the seedy underbelly of Washington politics, where money and power meet.
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Abc News, ABC News, 3 July 2024
Their friendship provided one of Veronica Mars' most enjoyable dynamics: Wallace trusted Veronica almost unquestioningly, and the two could confide their darkest secrets to one another — two characteristics essential to safely surviving amid the seedy underbelly of Neptune.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 July 2024
Its period backdrops are seedy yet plush: New Orleans in the early decades of the 20th century for Season 1 and then, for Season 2, a traumatized post-World-War-II Paris where Armand’s brood hides in plain sight by dramatizing its own predations at the venerable Théâtre des Vampires.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 1 July 2024
The lavish, semi-immersive revival is set at a seedy Berlin nightclub pre-World War II.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
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Abc News, ABC News, 3 July 2024
Their friendship provided one of Veronica Mars' most enjoyable dynamics: Wallace trusted Veronica almost unquestioningly, and the two could confide their darkest secrets to one another — two characteristics essential to safely surviving amid the seedy underbelly of Neptune.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 July 2024
Its period backdrops are seedy yet plush: New Orleans in the early decades of the 20th century for Season 1 and then, for Season 2, a traumatized post-World-War-II Paris where Armand’s brood hides in plain sight by dramatizing its own predations at the venerable Théâtre des Vampires.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 1 July 2024
The lavish, semi-immersive revival is set at a seedy Berlin nightclub pre-World War II.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
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“Seedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seedy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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