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rusted-out

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having rusted completely; having become covered in rust; having become non-functional over time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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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