Meaning & use
seedy
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shabby, disreputable, or of poor and questionable quality, especially of a place; or, literally, full of or producing many seeds.
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They wandered into a seedy bar on the edge of town.
The overripe watermelon was unusually seedy this time of year.
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The figurative sense of 'run-down' or 'disreputable' likely grew from the image of a plant gone to seed, past its prime and no longer well-kept.
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2. adjective
literally containing or producing many seeds.
The jam was full of seedy raspberry pulp.
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