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Definition of seedy
seedier
;seediest
1 : containing or full of seeds a seedy fruit
2 : inferior in condition or quality: such asa : shabby, run-down seedy clothesb : somewhat disreputable a seedy district a seedy lawyerc : slightly unwell : debilitated felt seedy and went home early
From the M-W Editors
Examples of seedy in a Sentence
He was wearing a seedy suit.
a seedy area of the city
Recent Examples of seedy from the Web
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The picture riffs on the seedy pleasures of ’70s drive-in classics like Walter Hill’s The Driver—which Wright has cited as an influence—and Richard C. Sarafian’s Vanishing Point.
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This is post-murder, pre-Vegas OJ Simpson partying in seedy parts of Miami.
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Shreveport, Louisiana’s claim to fame is a bunch of seedy casinos.
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In any event, the case leads Arrowood on journeys through London’s seediest neighborhoods and encounters with some very nasty criminals.
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The Post reported in 2012 that West Palm Beach, Fla., police observed a sharp drop in crime in 2001 after blaring Mozart and Beethoven on a seedy street corner.
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If, at the center of all this, behind the lights and the seedy bars and the glitter and the protests, there’s a unifying pain that connects us loosely in the good times, and tightly in the bad.
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But by the 1950s, the city was beginning a long, painful slide into becoming a sometimes seedy tourist attraction, with crime, corruption and all the other problems that decimated big cities and sent residents fleeing to the suburbs.
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After moving to the Old Town neighborhood in the early 1980s as a struggling young actor, the alum of the Second City instantly fell for its then-seedy charm, accented by dive bars, that were a far cry from his upbringing on the North Shore.
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First Known Use of seedy
1574
Other Botany Terms
SEEDY Defined for English Language Learners
seedy
playDefinition of seedy for English Language Learners
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: dirty or in bad condition
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: not respectable or decent
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: having bad morals
SEEDY Defined for Kids
seedy
playDefinition of seedy for Students
seedier
;seediest
1 : having or full of seeds a seedy orange
2 : poor in condition or quality a seedy hotel
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