dusty

IPA: dˈʌsti

Root Word: Dusty

Covered with dust.
Powdery and resembling dust.
Grey or greyish.
(figurative) Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
(African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
(Britain, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.

Examples of "dusty" in Sentences

Clerks in dusty stores moved with the majestic inertia of tall ships becalmed.
But when you ride in dusty conditions, always use an Outerwear or K&N precharger.
Gane (7501) will be sent to Stalag as the Doctor forbids work in dusty conditions.
The rest have been sitting in dusty archives in the form of negatives, slides, glass plates, etchings, and prints.
He stopped at a lonesome table specializing in dusty Afro Beat records and placed the rare one he sought under the needle of his machine.
-- Glenn Gannon stood in dusty, steel-toed boots and white hard hat on the grassy dike at Lake Okeechobee, one of the biggest lakes in America and one of the most worrisome.
Elena's brother Heraclio, a husky fellow in dusty jeans and black jersey, had now arrived at the house, taking a break from his construction job to translate the interview and explain the needlepoint technique.