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rusty

 adjective
     
rusty
rust‧y
1HCE metal that is rusty is covered in rust:
a rusty nail
a new metal that will never go rusty
2 if you are rusty, you are not as good at something as you used to be, because you have not practised it for a long time:
My French is a bit rusty.
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