dusty
Other forms: dustier; dustiest; dustily
When you call something dusty, it's either literally covered in dust or so old and unoriginal that it might as well be.
You can use a feather duster to clean off dusty surfaces, but if something is a dusty color, that just means it's got a grayish tint to it, like dusty pink or dusty blue. If something has been around for a really long time and it's worn-out, stale, or unoriginal, you can also call it dusty. If you're a stand up comedian whose been working the same act for thirty years, chances are your jokes are getting a little dusty.
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covered with a layer of dust“a dusty pile of books”synonyms: dust-coveredcoveredoverlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
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lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer newsynonyms: cold, moth-eaten, staleunoriginalnot original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
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