rusty
adjective
Simple meaning
Lacking recent experience, out of practice.
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹʌsti
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adjective
Marked or corroded by rust.
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
Discolored and rancid; reasty.
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North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall.
North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall.
Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament.
A common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds.
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Sense: marked or corroded by rust
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