musty
/ˈmʌsti/
adjective
- Having a stale, damp, or moldy smell or taste.
- The basement had a musty odor from the old carpet.
- The library smelled musty, like old paper and dust.
- She threw away the musty bread that had been left in the pantry.
- Old-fashioned or outdated in a way that seems dull or uninteresting.
- His musty ideas about education no longer appealed to the students.
- The museum's musty exhibits needed a modern update.
- She found the old textbook's musty language hard to follow.
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