seedy

[US]/'siːdɪ/
[UK]/'sidi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. dirty; messy; sordid; disreputable; having many seeds; unkempt; untidy; disheveled

Example Sentences

an increasingly seedy and dilapidated property.

a seedy hotel in a run-down neighborhood.

his seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet.

seedy part of town

seedy underbelly of society

Real-world Examples

I saw his car parked at some seedy motel.

Source: Deadly Women

How do I not lose myself in this dark, seedy underworld?

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

Is it like groundnut or rapeseed or something seedy, something, this is really bothering me.

Source: Gourmet Base

But her appetite for adventure wasn't fully sated by writing articles about the seedy goings-on of New York City.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

He’s an author. The books started out seedy.

Source: Pop culture

I was picking up my dry cleaning, and there was his car, parked across the street at some seedy motel.

Source: Deadly Women

Seedy bar on the wrong side of the tracks... picnic near a lunatic asylum... a wine tasting on Skid Row.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 6

Something grainy, and seedy, and whole wheaty.

Source: Kitchen Deliciousness Competition

Well, so long as it doesn't look too seedy.

Source: The daily life of a chatty orange.

Perhaps a seedy motel room or a street corner.

Source: Desperate Housewives Video Version Season 8

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