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
Examples of seedy in a Sentence
He was wearing a seedy suit.
a seedy area of the city
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The family, which also included two sisters, moved all over before settling in Duarte, California, a valley of seedy American effort at the edge of the Mojave, replete with dusty farms, trucks on blocks, and underwatered avocado orchards.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025
But among the most startling installments is this exploration of the soul icon’s shooting in a seedy Los Angeles motel in 1964.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Indie sleaze, the hallucination of a 2000s seedy-chic genre that never fully existed, is in vogue.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
On the other hand, casting Jack Nicholson as the Devil, specifically the middle-age, effortlessly seedy Nicholson of the 1980s, is reason enough to make the movie anyway.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025
But among the most startling installments is this exploration of the soul icon’s shooting in a seedy Los Angeles motel in 1964.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Indie sleaze, the hallucination of a 2000s seedy-chic genre that never fully existed, is in vogue.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
On the other hand, casting Jack Nicholson as the Devil, specifically the middle-age, effortlessly seedy Nicholson of the 1980s, is reason enough to make the movie anyway.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seedy
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“Seedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seedy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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