weedy

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weedy

/ˈwiːdi/

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adjective weedier · weediest

Abounding with weeds. weedy grounds
Of, relating to or resembling weeds. The wild rice has a peculiar weedy, smoky flavor, but if properly cooked is very delicious.
Similar: weedlike
Consisting of weeds. There on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds Clamb’ring to hang, an envious sliver broke, When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook.
Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas. a weedy species
figuratively, of a person or animal Small and weak. a weedy lad
Similar: scraggy, ungainly, angular, anorexic, carrion, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, stringy, macilent
Ireland, UK, figuratively, informal Lacking power or effectiveness. a weedy excuse
Similar: feeble, anemic, breakable, broken-down, damaged, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, dickless, effete, enervated, enfeebled

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adj small and weak

Español	enclenque
Português	mirrado
Français	chétif
Deutsch	schwächlich

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@misc{weedy_2026,
  title = {weedy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weedy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}