weedier

Adjective

weedy (comparative weedier, superlative weediest)

1. Abounding with weeds.
   • weedy grounds
2. Of, relating to or resembling weeds.
   • The wild rice has a peculiar weedy, smoky flavor, but if properly cooked is very delicious.1894, Catharine Parr Traill, “Our Native Grasses”, in Pearls and Pebbles, London: Sampson Low, Marston, page 214

   Synonyms:

   weedlike

3. 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.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
4. Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.
   • a weedy species
5. (figuratively) Small and weak.
   • a weedy lad

   Synonyms:

   scraggy, ungainly, angular, anorexic, carrion, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard

6. (Ireland, UK, figuratively, informal) Lacking power or effectiveness.
   • a weedy excuse

   Synonyms:

   feeble, anemic, breakable, broken-down, damaged, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, dickless, effete