rustier; rustiest
1
: affected by or as if by rust
especially
: stiff with or as if with rust
2
: inept and slow through lack of practice or old age
3
a
: of the color rust
b
: dulled in color or appearance by age and use
rusty old boots
4
: outmoded
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Examples of rusty in a Sentence
Adjective (1)
rusty laws still on the books because no one bothered to repeal them
in a rusty voice the old man ordered us off his land
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Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
Fire escapes look corroded and other metal fixtures such as banisters have been coated to look old or rusty, while walls appear water-stained.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
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Adjective
But then, think of finding rusty metal at the site of a new beer garden as a sign of changing times on the city’s riverfront.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
Fire escapes look corroded and other metal fixtures such as banisters have been coated to look old or rusty, while walls appear water-stained.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
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“Rusty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rusty. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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