seedy

In the antediluvian world before seedy promoters began mixing martial arts, there was no way of knowing.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

Capp notes, "Even in London's seedy underworld, a hat felt essential."

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026

The full force of Lawrence Sher’s cinematography, Karen Murphy’s production design and Hildur Guðnadóttir’s orchestral score is fabulous, combining to make something seedy, moody and extravagant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

Being furious now doesn't erase the initial choice, and each seedy email makes it seem a bigger and bigger mistake.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

I couldn’t see myself hanging around Wilmington working at a 7-Eleven, gigging in a pop band that played the VEW and other seedy country joints, which is what I was doing.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

“The collision between fantasy and reality — the land of dreams and Tinseltown and all that. But then there’s also that seedier side. It’s just totally unique in that way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Novelists have always been entranced with the seedier side of show business, from Michael Tolkin’s classic “The Player” to Theodore Roszak’s paranoiac “Flicker” to Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s devilish “Silver Nitrate.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

Stephanie Foggett is focused on the darker, seedier parts of that ecosystem.

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2022

A far seedier form of crypto promotion has flourished on social media, rife with undisclosed conflicts of interest and exaggerated claims about skyrocketing profits.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2022

The trailer was seedier than I remembered, and the babies’ play area was a mucky mess.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

His clientele has flipped upside down, from some of the most refined people in the New York area to some of the seediest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

In some ways, it was better, since even the seediest movie theaters have functioning latrines and catching a ride home was seldom a concern.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2019

Even if you’re trying to avoid any sort of retail establishment that might be hawking Christmas wares this season, you’re still likely to hear this song in the seediest of bodegas.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2018

On David Zinn’s utilitarian set, an all-purpose, wood-paneled bar, scenes are staged with an assurance that smartly conjures the seediest of interiors and most exalted of landscapes.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2017

Williams, in the seediest and most dilapidated rusty black, had a face of deepest melancholy.

From The Crimson Blind by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White