Weedy
adjective
Looking thin and weak.
He is a weedy little man
Often appears as...
- weedy little man
- weedy child
adjective
Containing a lot of or too many weeds.
The garden is weedy and overgrown
Often appears as...
- weedy garden
- weedy lawn
adjective
Looking thin and weak.
He is a weedy little man
Often appears as...
- weedy little man
- weedy child
adjective
Containing a lot of or too many weeds.
The garden is weedy and overgrown
Often appears as...
- weedy garden
- weedy lawn
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Weakness
Weedy implies more than being thin; it suggests a lack of strength or robustness.
After his illness, he returned to school looking pale and weedy.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'weedy' to describe a person can sound insulting or belittling.
Calling the new recruit 'weedy' hurt his confidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Groups
Weedy is used for individuals, not groups. Instead, say 'a group of frail people'.
The young athlete stood out against his weedy opponent.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Weakness
Weedy implies more than being thin; it suggests a lack of strength or robustness.
After his illness, he returned to school looking pale and weedy.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'weedy' to describe a person can sound insulting or belittling.
Calling the new recruit 'weedy' hurt his confidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Groups
Weedy is used for individuals, not groups. Instead, say 'a group of frail people'.
The young athlete stood out against his weedy opponent.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Weakness
Weedy implies more than being thin; it suggests a lack of strength or robustness.
After his illness, he returned to school looking pale and weedy.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'weedy' to describe a person can sound insulting or belittling.
Calling the new recruit 'weedy' hurt his confidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Groups
Weedy is used for individuals, not groups. Instead, say 'a group of frail people'.
The young athlete stood out against his weedy opponent.
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Video examples
Richard Weller: Could...
Australians have about a third less heart disease than we do -- less deaths from heart attacks, heart failure, less strokes -- they're generally a healthier bunch. And of course they said this was because of their fine moral standing, their exercise, because they're Australians and we're weedy pommies, and so on.
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Coral Reef Ocean...
that completely depends so deep water cold corals are very slow growing where um staghorn coral so like these branching ones or the genus acropora are known as sort of the weedier species and they grow quickly and they're known to be some of the
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The Weedy Sea Dragon PIPE...
this is a very rare sighting like their cousins the seahorse's weedy sea dragons are under threat think it's time to let her go on her way what I get
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Letting go of outdated...
a weedy now when you are talking with a Valda we all feel like you want to take all other this read a house so that we can go to school
Video examples
Richard Weller: Could...
Australians have about a third less heart disease than we do -- less deaths from heart attacks, heart failure, less strokes -- they're generally a healthier bunch. And of course they said this was because of their fine moral standing, their exercise, because they're Australians and we're weedy pommies, and so on.
Video examples
Coral Reef Ocean...
that completely depends so deep water cold corals are very slow growing where um staghorn coral so like these branching ones or the genus acropora are known as sort of the weedier species and they grow quickly and they're known to be some of the
Video examples
The Weedy Sea Dragon PIPE...
this is a very rare sighting like their cousins the seahorse's weedy sea dragons are under threat think it's time to let her go on her way what I get
Video examples
Letting go of outdated...
a weedy now when you are talking with a Valda we all feel like you want to take all other this read a house so that we can go to school
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Clive Sinclair
British Author
In the 1880s, a weedy Easterner named Owen Wister had something like a nervous breakdown. Wyoming, with its wide-open spaces and healthy pursuits, was prescribed as a cure. Wister was immediately smitten by the taciturn cowboys and the rules imposed upon them by the cattle barons.
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Ken Livingstone
English Politician
I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.
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Gurinder Chadha
English Director
I know it sounds really weedy, but we are all children who seek approval from our parents.
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Liz Kendall
British Politician
I hate weedy thin delicate women's watches, gets on my nerves, I like big men's watches.
Quote examples
Clive Sinclair
British Author
In the 1880s, a weedy Easterner named Owen Wister had something like a nervous breakdown. Wyoming, with its wide-open spaces and healthy pursuits, was prescribed as a cure. Wister was immediately smitten by the taciturn cowboys and the rules imposed upon them by the cattle barons.
Quote examples
Ken Livingstone
English Politician
I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.
Quote examples
Gurinder Chadha
English Director
I know it sounds really weedy, but we are all children who seek approval from our parents.
Quote examples
Liz Kendall
British Politician
I hate weedy thin delicate women's watches, gets on my nerves, I like big men's watches.
Example 1 of 4
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