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seedier

ADJECTIVE

run-down, dilapidated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crummy decaying decrepit dingy grubby scruffy shabby sleazy squalid tacky

WEAK

ailing beat up bedraggled dog-eared down-at-the-heel drooping droopy faded flagging frowzy gone to seed in a bad way mangy messy neglected old overgrown poor poorly ragged ratty sagging sickly slovenly tattered threadbare tired torn unkempt untidy unwell used up wilted wilting worn

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean good neat nice respectable

WEAK

luxurious posh

Example Sentences

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Novelists have always been entranced with the seedier side of show business, from Michael Tolkin’s classic “The Player” to Theodore Roszak’s paranoiac “Flicker” to Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s devilish “Silver Nitrate.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Stephanie Foggett is focused on the darker, seedier parts of that ecosystem.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2022

My first instinct was to make a savory granola, which was … nice, but I realized that I was looking for a nuttier, seedier — dare I say it — crunchier result.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

Both books are set in the seedier parts of Massachusetts.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2021

I spent a couple of hours visiting the seedier taverns around the University, making casual conversations, asking casual questions.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss