moldy
Americanadjective
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overgrown or covered with mold.
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musty, as from decay or age.
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Informal. old-fashioned; outmoded.
moldy ideas about higher education.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- moldiness noun
- unmoldy adjective
Etymology
Origin of moldy
Example Sentences
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Oswald gave Red and me stale bread and moldy cheese to eat, but Red didn’t eat any, and I worried.
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I shove them into the bin until my fingers brush against a moldy Pierre.
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One librarian had once told him that the smell of books actually came from moldy paper.
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Once I am feeling hungry again, I discover there is little food on the ship, aside from moldy bread and the pork sausages we can’t eat.
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But then everyone would go off and leave their smelly old socks and moldy mittens and melted Halloween candy and leftover sandwiches.
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