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What is the adjective for dust?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb dust which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dusty
  1. Covered with dust.
  2. Powdery and resembling dust.
  3. Grey in parts.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. arenaceous, arenose, undusted, sandy, unswept, dust-covered, dust-filled, dust-ridden, powdery, granular, granulated, floury, crumbly, chalky, fine, friable, gritty, ground, crushed, pulverized, pulverulent, grainy, gravelly, levigated, crumbling, loose, pulverised, dry, mealy, powdered, fine-grained, comminuted, triturated, sabulous, sand-like, grained, pebbly, rough, particulate, coarse, chapped, stony, rasping, sand, branlike, calculous, pulverant, scratchy, powder-covered … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “I held the nose string of the camel and drove the four oxen home through the dusty streets of our village.”
      “The only things left in the container are some particles of a dusty substance and several small iron studs.”
      “Near the canopy stood a long table of equally elaborate workmanship, covered with a dusty tablecloth of purple velvet fringed with gold.”
dustable
  1. Describing a pesticide or herbicide that is suitable for crop-dusting
  2. Capable of being cleaned with a duster.
dustless
  1. Free of dust.
  2. That does not generate dust.
  3. Examples:
      4. “Chris ran a finger along a dustless steel shelf, his eyes wandering over the various weapons.”
      “However, such days are happily gone and the dogs and I sit, as I write, in our dustless paradise.”
      “Later the skies filled in and a dustless dust devil came through lifting Neil's plane up and putting it on it's nose.”
dustproof
  1. Resistant to dust.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The lightweight housing is made of magnesium alloy and is airtight, dustproof, waterproof and fully nitrogen purged.”
      “The bearings and cams of such a shaft are generally enclosed in oil and dustproof casing screwed to the top of the cylinders.”
      “After bridling, drop a little oil paint into the heel of the brush and set it away in a dustproof compartment for a few days.”
dustlike
  1. Resembling dust.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. powderlike, powdery
  3. Examples:
      4. “Given their narrow habitat requirements, many epiphytes rely on wind for seed dispersal and have feathery or dustlike seeds.”
      “The spores are dustlike and can easily be carried aloft by gusts of wind to begin new colonies, sometimes miles away.”
      “It will have about two million dustlike seeds in it, which may be offered to some other institution or firm that wants to try growing its own.”
dustfree
  1. Free of dust.
dustier
  1. comparative form of dusty: more dusty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sandier, more arenaceous, more arenose, more undusted, more unswept, more dust-ridden, flourier, crumblier, chalkier, finer, grittier, more powdery, more granular, more granulated, more friable, more crushed, more pulverulent, grainier, more gravelly, looser, drier, mealier, more powdered, more fine-grained, more comminuted, more triturated, more sabulous, pebblier, stonier, more grained, more impalpable, more rasping, more branlike, scratchier, more calculous, more chapped, coarser, more particulate, rougher, more sand, more coarse-grained, more granulous, lumpier, more farinaceous, dirtier, filthier, grimier, fouler … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “As she walked down the hallway she noticed that everything was a bit dustier than she remembered, and cobwebs lined the hallway ceiling.”
      “There has been research published in the past that suggested that asthmatics do better when they live in dustier environments, too.”
      “In dustier environments, it is recommended to clean the filters more frequently.”
dustiest
  1. superlative form of dusty: most dusty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sandiest, most arenaceous, most arenose, most undusted, most unswept, most dust-ridden, flouriest, crumbliest, chalkiest, finest, grittiest, most powdery, most granular, most granulated, most friable, most crushed, most pulverulent, grainiest, most gravelly, loosest, driest, mealiest, most powdered, most fine-grained, most triturated, most comminuted, most sabulous, pebbliest, stoniest, most grained, most impalpable, most rasping, most calculous, scratchiest, most branlike, most particulate, most chapped, roughest, coarsest, most sand, most coarse-grained, most granulous, lumpiest, most farinaceous, dirtiest, filthiest, grimiest, foulest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Altogether, it was the noisiest, dustiest, most harum-scarum race that can be imagined!”
      “The period rooms in art museums have the mustiest, dustiest of reputations.”
      “This design gives a stable and almost unreal smooth movement, even in the dustiest environments.”
dusted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dust
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sprinkled, covered, powdered, spread, scattered, sifted, sprayed, besprinkled, dotted, flecked, strewed, strewn, bestrewed, bestrewn, dabbed, freckled, dredged, peppered, drizzled, spattered, spotted, showered, spritzed, spread in droplets, spangled, carpeted, splashed, bespeckled, garnished, sown, sowed, finished, topped, drenched, diffused, talced, dispersed, smeared, shook over, shaken over, misted, disseminated, applied, douched, atomized, spewed, sent out, floured, sprinkled with powder, coated … more
dusting
  1. present participle of dust
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sprinkling, covering, powdering, spreading, scattering, sifting, spraying, besprinkling, dotting, flecking, strewing, bestrewing, dabbing, freckling, dredging, peppering, spotting, spattering, stippling, mottling, blotching, speckling, drizzling, marbling, bespeckling, splotching, specking, dappling, shooting, showering, marking, studding, sowing, splashing, spritzing, shaking over, dabbling, pimpling, spangling, carpeting, pocking, littering, garnishing, finishing, topping, disseminating, talcing, flouring, sprinkling with powder, coating … more
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