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Rustiness

noun

The condition of being coated or clogged with rust.

Ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice.

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"Rustiness" Quotes from Famous Books

... coat, gathered around the waist by means of a sash, his glazed boots reaching above the knees, his slow and measured motions, and the sublime indifference with which he regarded his customers, were singularly impressive. Even the filth and rustiness which formed the most prominent characteristics of the class contributed to the delusion that they might have sprung from a Druidical source, and gathered their dust of travel on the pilgrimage from remote ages down ...

— The Land of Thor • J. Ross Browne

... blank man for the moment. It was a question of time, he knew. He was standing beside the locomotive which had already begun to snort, and which looked, at that moment, in the eyes of those gathered round it, despite its rustiness, a truly magnificent proposition. He was about to call for volunteers to replace the driver, when Seth, who all the time had been working in the cab, and who had heard the news of the trouble, leant over the rail that protected ...

— The Watchers of the Plains - A Tale of the Western Prairies • Ridgewell Cullum

Words linked to "Rustiness" : rusty, status, clumsiness, ineptness, condition, ineptitude, awkwardness, slowness, maladroitness