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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
So when Swaggart was spotted outside a seedy motel near New Orleans, someone tipped off Gorman.
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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
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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.
—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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seedy
Adjective
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What's with all those vacant and dilapidated houses in West Louisville?—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
28 Aug. 2025
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So, in 2014, the city began buying dangerous and dilapidated properties and selling the land to developers at a low cost.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Despite its tattered state, the sofa's unique silhouette and designer pedigree drew astonishment on Reddit.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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Regional sports networks, once a gusher for programmers and operators, have been in a tattered financial state due to cord-cutting.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Same premise as the exterior, but even more important: Don’t buy a car with a neglected interior.—
Jimmy Camp,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
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Close the Loop Following through on commitments is the simplest and yet shockingly most neglected way to earn long-term trust.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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The veteran lefty rallied from a ragged first two innings to put the Rockies in a position to win.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
28 Aug. 2025
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Frost is, by reputation, perhaps the foremost poet of rural, non-coastal New England — of birches and apple trees, of forests blanketed in snow, of pastures sliced by ragged stone walls, and of the flinty, self-sufficient kind of temperament that flourishes in those places.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Cone will display the worn and faded garments at Kingpins Amsterdam.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Apr. 2025
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There is, also, something compensatory in a regard for faded footstools, thick boots and window curtains.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Seedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seedy. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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