weedy

[ wee-dee ]

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adjective,weed·i·er, weed·i·est.

full of or abounding in weeds.
consisting of or pertaining to weeds.

(of a plant, flower, etc.) growing poorly or in a straggling manner.
(of a person or animal) scrawny or ungainly.

Origin of weedy

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at weed¹, -y¹

Other words from weedy

weed·i·ly, adverb
weed·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby weedy

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How to use weedy in a sentence

During that extraordinary journey, bobolinks seek out weedy fields or tall grass, of which Green-Wood once had very little.
This historic Brooklyn cemetery shows us a future without lawns | Ryan Goldberg | November 17, 2021 | Popular-Science
It’s a weedy plant in the same family as cabbage and mustard greens.
How Romanesco cauliflower grows spiraling fractal cones | Nikk Ogasa | August 23, 2021 | Science News For Students
The weedy Hydrilla stops flourishing and starts leaking bromine-rich compounds.
A toxin behind mysterious eagle die-offs may have finally been found | Susan Milius | March 26, 2021 | Science News
For a family looking for a lunch hour picnic area, it’s the weedy ballfield or nothing.
If Your Local Park Sucks, This Is Probably Why | MacKenzie Elmer | July 6, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
The slap stick comedies, with the children falling in mud pits, or getting pushed by goats around weedy, sandy lots, were a hit.
Mickey Rooney Was Hollywood’s Golden Age Showman | Lorenza Muñoz | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

This is a bad plan, as young and immature mares breed early on the veldt, and throw weedy stock.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) | A. G. Hales
To outer senses they are geese,Dull drowsing by a weedy pool;But try the impression trick.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
Carp and tench are exceedingly shy fish and both prefer muddy and weedy ponds to a clear running stream.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 | Various
Davies led the way to a stairway, whose weedy steps disappeared below in gloom.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine Childers
Well, as it's no longer true, weedy—woman that faded out of London, how many—eight years ago!
The Major | Ralph Connor

British Dictionary definitions for weedy

weedy

/ (ˈwiːdɪ) /

adjectiveweedier or weediest

full of or containing weeds: weedy land
(of a plant) resembling a weed in rapid or straggling growth

informal thin or weakly in appearance

Derived forms of weedy

weedily, adverb
weediness, noun

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