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adust

[uh-duhst] / əˈdʌst /
ADJECTIVE
sunburned
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
pale pallid white-skinned


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It will also adust food court seating, shutter play areas and drinking fountains and restrict the number of sinks and urinals in restrooms.

From New York Times Apr. 30, 2020

The culture in the field, once cordial and collaborative, became openly combative, as scientists adjusted to new norms of public critique while still struggling to adust to new standards of evidence.

From New York Times Oct. 18, 2017

Stripped and adust In a stubble of empire Scything and binding The full sheaves of sovereignty.”

From A Collection of Stories by London, Jack

The sun rose high in the hard blue sky, and glared, as was his wont, upon the limitless pastures, dry and adust, the pale-hued, melancholy copses, the fast-falling river, the forgotten creeks.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf

He was thin, of an adust complexion, and had acquired a habit of stooping which, when he was not excited, gave him an appearance of age.

From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony




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