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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Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2025
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On that same night of June 5, an unlikely-looking group of musicians played their first professional engagement at a studiously seedy nightclub on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
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Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2025
Demand for money laundering is huge in Sihanoukville, a seedy gambling hub in Cambodia notorious for hosting massive scam operations.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
So Far The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
On that same night of June 5, an unlikely-looking group of musicians played their first professional engagement at a studiously seedy nightclub on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
—Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
After a promising opening set in a seedy 1980s club where Billie inadvertently kills the wrong mobster, the second book just doesn’t quite hit its stride.
—Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 1 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 14 Jul. 2025.
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