rustless

English

Etymology

rust +‎ -less

Adjective

rustless (not comparable)

1. That does not rust; stainless.
   • 1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless:

     Now motor roads are dustless,
     The latest steel is rustless,
     Our tennis courts are sodless,
     Our new religions, godless.

2. Without rust; unrusted.
   • 1903, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 29, Part 1:

     All this upper work, however, was rustless, and the paint in good condition. The lower and much rusted part of the column […]

Derived terms

• rustlessness

Translations

that does not rust

• Bulgarian: неръждаем (bg) (nerǎždaem)
• Finnish: ruostumaton (fi)
• German: rostfrei (de)
• Greek: ανοξείδωτος (el) (anoxeídotos)
• Manx: gyn mergey, neuvergagh
• Polish: nierdzewny (pl)

free of rust — see unrusted

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