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
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Parents can’t imagine why their responsible child would trust a seedy stranger offering them pills or weed.
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Jill Grimes, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
Day three, three wet and three stools; day four, four wet and four stools; and day five six to eight wet and three to four yellow, seedy stools.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 9 Aug. 2024
Instead of seedy drunks and losers, notorious characters show up, like Scarecrow.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
Daniel is a successful car dealer, with a wife and two kids, whereas Johnny had never gotten past his humiliating high-school defeat at Daniel’s hands (or foot, to be precise), and ran Cobra Kai, a seedy martial arts studio, with a vicious take-no-prisoners philosophy.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 19 July 2024
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Jill Grimes, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
Day three, three wet and three stools; day four, four wet and four stools; and day five six to eight wet and three to four yellow, seedy stools.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 9 Aug. 2024
Instead of seedy drunks and losers, notorious characters show up, like Scarecrow.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
Daniel is a successful car dealer, with a wife and two kids, whereas Johnny had never gotten past his humiliating high-school defeat at Daniel’s hands (or foot, to be precise), and ran Cobra Kai, a seedy martial arts studio, with a vicious take-no-prisoners philosophy.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 19 July 2024
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“Seedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seedy. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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