dustier; dustiest
1
: covered or abounding with dust
2
: consisting of dust : powdery
3
: resembling dust
4
: lacking vitality : dry
dusty scholarship
5
British
: unsatisfactory
—used especially in the phrases dusty answer and not so dusty
Examples of dusty in a Sentence
He pulled dusty candlesticks from the shelf.
His new tie is a dusty blue.
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If soil clumps fall apart between your fingers or the texture is dusty, the soil is too dry and more water is needed.
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Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
Resilience carried a rover with a shovel to gather lunar dirt as well as a Swedish artist's toy-size red house for placement on the moon's dusty surface.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
That might be your pet-friendly home, a dusty 3D printer, or a social media obsession.
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Soon, the dusty pollinators will be hovering around city street lights and sampling Front Range flowers on their journey to the mountains.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
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Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
Resilience carried a rover with a shovel to gather lunar dirt as well as a Swedish artist's toy-size red house for placement on the moon's dusty surface.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
That might be your pet-friendly home, a dusty 3D printer, or a social media obsession.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Soon, the dusty pollinators will be hovering around city street lights and sampling Front Range flowers on their journey to the mountains.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dusty
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“Dusty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dusty. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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