seedy motel
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈsiːdi moʊˈtɛl/
- Informal
:
motel de mala muerte
- Seedy motel rooms—same
- a seedy motel room
Examples
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Can't you use a seedy motel, like a normal philanderer?
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Never underestimate the charm of a seedy motel.
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Someone killed him... In a seedy motel room.
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There is a fine seedy motel right down the street that would love high class individuals such as yourself.
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I would go to class during the day and work the late shift at a local seedy motel.
Blog text (20) -
As opposed to your seedy motel?
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Should we be conventional and check in to a seedy motel?
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What do you say we look for a seedy motel once I find Prudhomme?
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It was certainly a whole lot better than doing it in some seedy motel on the interstate.
Fiction book (1998) -
After a long day of travel, they decided to stay at a seedy motel that looked run-down and had flickering neon lights.
Synonyms
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8.9
A cheap, dirty hotel in bad condition
Antonyms
How Seedy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning follows directly from combining 'seedy' (rundown, disreputable) with 'motel' (a roadside hotel): an obviously shabby or questionable motel. This adjective + noun composition is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Seedy motel uses the word seedy, which may come from an old idea of something 'full of seeds' and then grew into a picture of things that look worn, dirty, or shabby. So a seedy motel is a cheap hotel that looks run-down and often feels unsafe or 'not respectable'.