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as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
a seedy but historic neighborhood that's just waiting for some new homeowners to come in and rehabilitate it
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as in tattered
worn or torn into or as if into rags
chose old, seedy clothes to wear while painting the bathroom
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Recent Examples of seedy
The plans include a shiny new Viper Room; a pale imitation of its seedy self.
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Edmund Vallance, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
By age 17, Ellis was a part of London’s seedy social scene and became a nude model, Metro UK reported.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
The dark and seedy underbelly of Los Angeles in the ‘40’s and ‘50’s is the setting for LA Noir UnScripted.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
To survive in the dystopian landscape that is Night City, David chooses to turn to the seedy underbelly of the city to become an Edgerunner.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Edmund Vallance, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
By age 17, Ellis was a part of London’s seedy social scene and became a nude model, Metro UK reported.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
The dark and seedy underbelly of Los Angeles in the ‘40’s and ‘50’s is the setting for LA Noir UnScripted.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
To survive in the dystopian landscape that is Night City, David chooses to turn to the seedy underbelly of the city to become an Edgerunner.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seedy
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Located inside an early 20th-century building, this dilapidated space has been given a new lease on life by the Parisian interior designer.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
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Rows of young men in camouflage report for roll call in the shadow of dilapidated, battle-scarred buildings.—
Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Apr. 2025
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The other traditional party, the Liberal Party, has splintered between those who remain loyal to Zelaya and those who led the coup, including Mauricio Villeda, the presidential candidate who leads a tattered vestige of his party.—
Dana Frank,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Nov. 2013
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What if standing up to Trump is the very thing that saves the Liberal Party, and Trudeau’s tattered legacy?—
Talib Visram,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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But the area where these cuts will be felt most acutely is with respect to elder abuse, which is already a neglected area of health care and social services.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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By upcycling a neglected garment, Hirsch hopes to give someone the chance to experience the beauty and craftsmanship that goes into creating a piece.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Cocker was famous for his ragged, one-of-a-kind covers of other acts’ famous songs, with Joel comparing the late singer to such legendary song interpreters as Frank Sinatra.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Apr. 2025
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Grand Canyon didn’t do enough to punish Maryland for its ragged start.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Mar. 2025
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Like Napoleon’s Uncle Rico, who dwells on his long-ago high-school-football days, Garrett is living in the faded aura of past glory: in his case, a 1989 video-game championship.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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As thousands of migrants cycled through its faded lobby, the Roosevelt turned into a lightning rod in the country’s immigration debate: both as a reminder of the depth of the crisis and as shorthand for critics opposed to the expenditure of taxpayer money on migrants.—
Luis Ferré-Sadurní,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Seedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seedy. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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