weedy

[wee-dee]

adjective

weedier, weediest 

1. full of or abounding in weeds. weed.

2. consisting of or pertaining to weeds. weed.

3. (of a plant, flower, etc.) growing poorly or in a straggling manner.

4. (of a person or animal) scrawny or ungainly.

weedy

/ ˈwiːdɪ /

adjective

1. full of or containing weeds

   weedy land

2. (of a plant) resembling a weed in rapid or straggling growth

3. informal,  thin or weakly in appearance

Other Word Forms

• weedily adverb
• weediness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of weedy¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; weed ¹, -y ¹

Example Sentences

Felix had heard Pookie barking next door, and when the weedy monster landed in his yard, he started barking as well.

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Marie Massa has spent more than three years working mostly alone to transform a weedy strip of public land into a fragrant habitat garden in Lincoln Heights.

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On a recent Sunday morning, in the weedy parking lot of a strip mall in Wayne, N.J.,

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“It was full of weedy dried grasses, all kind of brown, and lots of trash,” Massa said.

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Consequently, certain fast-growing, weedy species, including macroalgae, cyanobacteria, and fire coral, thrive in the absence of competitors, spreading into the vacant spaces left by the decimated corals.

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