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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Back then, the area had a rough reputation — people called it seedy and dangerous.
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Duane Jackson, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
What are the odds the seedy motel’s lone security camera had a perfect angle on that clandestine meet-up?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 31 Jan. 2025
Relentless London occupied a ground-floor space in the London Trocadero, a kind of seedy but nonetheless valuable complex of buildings in the heart of the West End.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
The figs would cook until their tough outer skin softened and some began to burst open to gently ooze their seedy pulp, thickening the mixture into a grainy, molasses-brown syrup, while other figs remained whole, their thick stems still attached.
—Claude Barilleaux, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2025
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Duane Jackson, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
What are the odds the seedy motel’s lone security camera had a perfect angle on that clandestine meet-up?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 31 Jan. 2025
Relentless London occupied a ground-floor space in the London Trocadero, a kind of seedy but nonetheless valuable complex of buildings in the heart of the West End.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
The figs would cook until their tough outer skin softened and some began to burst open to gently ooze their seedy pulp, thickening the mixture into a grainy, molasses-brown syrup, while other figs remained whole, their thick stems still attached.
—Claude Barilleaux, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 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 28 May. 2025.
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