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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
One of the most intriguing and little-known corners of the music industry’s vast, seedy underbelly centers around a bunch of rare records released between 1976 and 1978 for one purpose only: Scamming the IRS.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
Sadler’s path involved a tiny independent label, a monotonous job, custom records, seedy promoters and a corrupt music chart.
Dets.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
But this event is not Lynchian—there’s nothing seedy, surreal, or ironic about the horror.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
But directors Adrian Lyne and Paul Verhoeven gave them prestige polish that distinguished them from cheaper fare like the similarly seedy softcore movies on Cinemax.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
Sadler’s path involved a tiny independent label, a monotonous job, custom records, seedy promoters and a corrupt music chart.
Dets.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
But this event is not Lynchian—there’s nothing seedy, surreal, or ironic about the horror.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
But directors Adrian Lyne and Paul Verhoeven gave them prestige polish that distinguished them from cheaper fare like the similarly seedy softcore movies on Cinemax.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seedy
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That sounds logical, but a healthy housing market needs some extra properties to account for old or dilapidated homes that are demolished or taken out of use – not to mention some vacancies so people can move around.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The hotel is founded and managed by locals, who transformed a dilapidated bed-and-breakfast into a six-acre luxury hotel in 2001.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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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 tattered state of the alliance system is not Trump’s doing alone.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2020
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This was to help end the puppy mill industry, where dogs are bred en masse, leading them to be born and raised in filthy and neglected conditions.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Feb. 2025
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If coordinated correctly, Trump’s tariff threats offer an enormous opportunity for America’s neglected waterfront.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Doncic had a ragged shooting night, making 6 of 17 field goal attempts and 1 for 7 from 3-point range.—
Jim Alexander,
Orange County Register,
26 Feb. 2025
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Put all those elements together and Spurs are suddenly a very different prospect from the exhausted, ragged group that trudged from game to game not very long ago.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Gray and faded whiskers may be changed to their natural color and even brown or black by using Buckingham dye – try it.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Groom indoor foliage to remove old leaves, faded flowers and declining portions.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Seedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seedy. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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