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seedy
(seedy)
Pronunciation:
/ˈsiːdi/
adjective
(
seedier
,
seediest
)
1
sordid and disreputable:
his seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet
shabby and squalid:
an increasingly seedy and dilapidated property
2
dated
unwell:
she felt weak and seedy
Derivatives
seedily
adverb
seediness
noun
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