Meanings
adjectiverusted-out (comparative more rusted-out, superlative most rusted-out)
comparative more rusted-out · superlative most rusted-out
- Having rusted completely; having become covered in rust; having become non-functional over time.
20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation
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