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Even though the weekend is nearly here, I seem to be in a
less than excited mood. As a result, I
am going to teach you some less than happy vocabulary
sketchy: We use this
word to describe things that are illegitimate, illegal, slightly illegal,
dirty, nasty and unsafe.
e.g. That
neighbourhood is very sketchy.
Paul's plans were so sketchy that
nobody wanted to participate.
The whole
thing was rather sketchy. I am glad it's
over.
seedy: We use this to
describe things that are illegal, dirty and less than desirable.
e.g. The nightclub
looked too seedy for Barbara.
The hotel
manager was seedy looking.
The
apartment was seedy and very few people wanted to rent it.
