undustedadj.
1. Not sprinkled with dust.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > free from specific kinds of dirt
unbepissedc1540
unbloody1594
ungored1606
motherless1607
unbloodieda1616
dustlessa1618
unpuddleda1618
unlimed1621
unmudded1625
smokeless1631
unpitched1634
undusted1648
cobweblessa1661
slimeless1672
unsmokified1693
unmiry1716
unmildewed1775
unblooded1785
unstercorated1821
moteless1869
scumless1881
smearless1885
sootless1890
unsmoked1890
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onbestoven, vndusted.
2. Not freed from dust; left dusty.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > uncleaned > uncleaned in other specific manner
ungarbled1439
unbrushenc1460
unscouredc1475
unswept1597
unscrapen1599
unwiped?1602
unswilled1645
unscraped1725
unmopped1775
unshovelled1828
unfurbished1829
unscavengered1846
unscreened1851
ill-scraped1858
unlicked1861
undusted1862
unbrushed1888
unscrubbedc1900
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 308 The old Greek books, long undusted, are brought out.
1868 Dublin Univ. Mag. 72 124/2 Dr. Johnson wrote a tragedy, but..suffered it to moulder on his undusted shelves.
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