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Weedy vs Weediness - What's the difference?

weedy | weediness |

As an adjective weedy

is small and weak; scraggy; ungainly.

As a noun weediness is

the quality of being weedy.

weedy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Small and weak; scraggy; ungainly
  • Of or relating to weeds; consisting of weeds.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Weedy trophies.
  • Abounding with weeds.
    • weedy''' grounds; a '''weedy''' garden; '''weedy corn
  • * Bryant
    • See from the weedy earth a rivulet break.
  • (botany) Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.

    • Anagrams

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    weediness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being weedy.