Rusted-out

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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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"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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