moldy

[ mohl-dee ]

adjective

, mold·i·er, mold·i·est.

1. overgrown or covered with mold.
2. musty, as from decay or age.
3. Informal. old-fashioned; outmoded:

   moldy ideas about higher education.

moldy

/ ˈməʊldɪ /

adjective

1. See mouldy
   the US spelling of mouldy

Derived Forms

• ˈmoldiness, noun

Other Words From

• moldi·ness noun
• un·moldy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of moldy¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; mold ², -y ¹

Example Sentences

Retailers share that items in their inventory would arrive damp and moldy.

From Time

You DO call a company that will immediately come out, rip out wet or moldy drywall, any part of the house that is affected by the water damage, and install fans to help the situation dry out.

From Washington Blade

Labs have been caught inflating THC potency levels, passing moldy cannabis as safe, and even making up results entirely.

From FiveThirtyEight

When it became a homeless shelter, she would visit with her church group and hear residents’ complaints about the rodents and moldy food.

From Washington Post

Hair that’s sent wet becomes too moldy, and sometimes hair is just too damaged from treatments.

From Washington Post

Many say they became sick after eating the frozen or moldy food the CBP officials gave them.

From The Daily Beast

I try not to let more than four or five moldy cores accumulate in my car at a time.

From The Daily Beast

And like many of you, we have watched, dismayed, as our room-sized hunk of Manchego went moldy.

From The Daily Beast

Mamiverse attacks another moldy conflation: that of “Latino” and “Spanish speaker.”

From The Daily Beast

That educated lingo is used to sweeten biscuits so moldy no one should be expected to swallow them.

From The Daily Beast

They will quickly dry in this manner and will not become moldy, as the blotter soaks up the moisture.

From Project Gutenberg

The bread was moldy and the beef too tough even for well men to eat.

From Project Gutenberg

Moldy food, if heated after removing surface on which the mold grew, is perfectly good to eat.

From Project Gutenberg

Like an old lover who discovers a moldy package of amorous epistles, Don Custodio arose and approached the desk.

From Project Gutenberg

A little mosque sprouted from a nest of palms, like a moldy turnip trying to grow the wrong way.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• funky
• putrid
• rotten
• rotting
• smelly
• stale