dusty vs privative

dusty

adj
  • ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad (generally used in the negative) 

  • Covered with dust. 

  • Powdery and resembling dust. 

  • Old; outdated; stuffily traditional. 

  • Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse) 

  • Grey in parts. 

privative

adj
  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • causing privation; depriving 

  • indicating the absence of something 

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

How often have the words dusty and privative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )