Adjective

(er)

Affected by rust.

Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.

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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

Having red or reddish-brown hair.

Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.

*{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Sam Sheringham, work=BBC

, title= Liverpool 0-1 Wolverhampton , passage=Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements.}}

Discolored and rancid; reasty.

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Adjective

(en-adj)

Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.

If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten .

In a state of decay.

The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten .

His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten .

Cruel, mean or immoral.

That man is a rotten father.

This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.

Bad or terrible.

Why is the weather always rotten in this city?

It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.

She has the flu and feels rotten .