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
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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Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
But a large section of the ship had transitioned from its original silver color to a rusty hue of orange and brown.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Some customers like the bright and airy paint job, but many were thrown when the rusty old antiques and signs disappeared from restaurant walls.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
The Vintage Sedan, for instance, introduces us to a trespassing bird-watcher who has cut his leg on rusty barbed wire.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
This alignment causes Earth’s shadow to fall on the moon’s surface, turning it a rusty red — a phenomenon known as a blood moon.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
But a large section of the ship had transitioned from its original silver color to a rusty hue of orange and brown.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Some customers like the bright and airy paint job, but many were thrown when the rusty old antiques and signs disappeared from restaurant walls.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
The Vintage Sedan, for instance, introduces us to a trespassing bird-watcher who has cut his leg on rusty barbed wire.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Rusty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rusty. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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