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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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 June 2025
June 17, 2025 Updated 6:50 AM PT The truck carrying two men suspected of living in the country illegally was pinned between a white rusty fence and two border patrol vehicles near a busy intersection in Hawthorne.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
The rusty piece of ordnance turned out to be an unexploded World War II era practice bomb, a spokesperson for MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa told McClatchy News on June 16.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 16 June 2025
Or embossed cognac pants and a rusty black shacket brightened and slightly discomforted by a rose pink silk bag.
—Essence, 16 June 2025
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Adjective
Seven-year-old Zeina roams the hills that surround her village on a rusty bike.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 June 2025
June 17, 2025 Updated 6:50 AM PT The truck carrying two men suspected of living in the country illegally was pinned between a white rusty fence and two border patrol vehicles near a busy intersection in Hawthorne.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
The rusty piece of ordnance turned out to be an unexploded World War II era practice bomb, a spokesperson for MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa told McClatchy News on June 16.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 16 June 2025
Or embossed cognac pants and a rusty black shacket brightened and slightly discomforted by a rose pink silk bag.
—Essence, 16 June 2025
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“Rusty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rusty. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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