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Meanings of dusty in English

Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new.

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Covered with a layer of dust.

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Usage of dusty in English
1
Detailed data on tobacco use among workers in dusty industries are lacking.
Pubmed
2
Names in dusty files but no longer represented in the power group.
America’s Secret Establishment
3
He groped on the dusty floor; the veins in his forehead hammered.
Maurice Guest
4
The rooster was wallowing luxuriously in a dusty spot in the corral.
Jean of the Lazy A
5
We are in the road, between the dusty quicks of the hedgerows.
Nancy: A Novel
6
Jacket's eyes opened; he stopped in the middle of the dusty road.
Rainbow's End
7
They faced dusty winds, power starvation and other challenges -and survived.
Wired
8
He would stand in the bent, dusty light before his surprised family.
Flesh and blood
9
Others sell dusty bottles of North Korean alcohol and miniature combat uniforms.
Reuters
10
The stillness of the house magnified the sound; the dusty air vibrated.
Fatherland
11
It was dusty and grim; but tomorrow he would clean it thoroughly.
Triple Spies
12
The grill was dusty, as if it hadn't been used for years.
Dear John
13
The sunshine fell across the dusty room in a long, quivering shaft.
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton
14
Davey was sitting on the dusty sofa in the vice principal's office.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
15
The weather was very hot, the roads dusty and the water bad.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant — Volume 1
16
This is not some episode recounted in a dusty medieval chronicle, however.
The Irish Times
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