Rusted-out
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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More 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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