seedy

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This is not a blog entry about uncovering the seedy side of Google and how they abuse their employees.

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Quick take

full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

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adjective

full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

adjective

shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain

adjective

somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for seedy.

adjective

full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

adjective

shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain

adjective

somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"

See also: ailing, indisposed, sickly, unwell

adjective

morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

See also: seamy, sleazy, sordid, squalid

Example sentences

This is not a blog entry about uncovering the seedy side of Google and how they abuse their employees.

> the seedy version of FacebookI thought Facebook was the seedy version of Facebook.

"Of course, everyone knows _you_ are legit, but there are predators creeping around in the seedy underbelly of the internet.

I suggest the book "Crisis of Conscience" from an ex-governing body member if you're interested in JW's seedy history[1].

* These parents found success in sometimes seedy areas of the Japanese economy, such as casinos, love hotels, etc.

This case, then, has seedy elements, beginning with the revenge motive of the lead plaintiff, but it is a case that poses potentially serious risks for the defendants.

It's a sign that you're entering hugely, hugely seedy territory if you ever are asked to pay to receive offers of employment, scholarships, or investment.

?Me: It sounds to me like your friend just wanted an excuse to make a porno, but saying it was an art film kept it from being part of the seedy underbelly of society and gave his project an air of legitimacy.

Either that or something to reassure me that this isn't somebody co-opting positive terms like "art" and "open source" to add an air of legitimacy to what looks a lot like a very seedy act of passive mass blackmail.