Definitions
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Word origin
From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).
Used in a sentence
“a dusty carpet”
“On a cold morning in Abilene, Texas, a column of 18-wheelers crawls down bumpy, waterlogged roads, past cattle grazing on dusty shrubs.”
“a dusty peach color”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Covered with powdery dirt”5 letters
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