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   stale

   /steɪl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry: "stale bread" Similar drydried outhardhardenedoldpast its bestpast its sell-by dateoffmouldyrottendecayedunfreshrancidrankOpposite fresh
   • ▪ no longer new and interesting or exciting: "their marriage had gone stale" Similar hackneyedtiredworn outoverworkedthreadbarewarmed-upbanaltritestockstereotypedclichédrun-of-the-millcommonplaceplatitudinousunoriginalderivativeunimaginativeuninspiredflatout of dateoutdatedoutmodedpasséarchaicobsoletedefunctantiquatedwarmed-overinformal:old hatcornyout of the arkplayed outpast their sell-by datehackyOpposite original
   • ▪ (of a person) no longer able to perform well or creatively because of having done something for too long: "a top executive tends to get stale"
   • ▪ (of a cheque or legal claim) invalid because out of date: "justifications for adverse possession go beyond stale claims"

   verb

   • 1. make or become stale: "she would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now"

   Word Origin Middle English (describing beer in the sense ‘clear from long standing, strong’): probably from Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from estaler ‘to halt’; compare with the verb stall.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stalely adverb
   • 2. staleness noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of stale in English - Cambridge Dictionary

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   STALE definition: 1. no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long: 2. not fresh and new…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › staleStale Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Sep 17, 2012 · The meaning of STALE is tasteless or unpalatable from age. How to use stale in a sentence.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › staleSTALE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Stale definition: not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.. See examples of STALE used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSTALE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you say that a place, an activity, or an idea is stale, you mean that it has become boring because it is always the same.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › staleStale - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   If something is stale, it's no longer fresh. Ever bite into a piece of bread that's been left out a little too long? Chances are it's stale, or dry and hard to eat. Try making some croutons out of it.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySTALE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long: The bread / cookies / cake had gone stale. The morning after the party, their apartment smelled like stale cigarette smoke. not fresh and new; boring because too familiar: stale jokes / news.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › staleStale - definition of stale by The Free Dictionary

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   1. Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability: stale bread; stale air. 2. Lacking originality or spontaneity: a stale joke. 3. Ineffective or uninspired, usually from being out of practice or from having done the same thing for too long. 4. Law Legally unenforceable because of a claimant's delay in seeking enforcement.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishstale adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   stale adjective. /steɪl/ (of food, especially bread and cake) no longer fresh and therefore unpleasant to eat. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishSTALE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge ...

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    STALE definition: 1. old and not fresh: 2. boring or bored, and not producing or feeling excitement or enthusiasm…. Learn more.

11. www.wordreference.com › definition › stalestale - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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    having lost freshness, vigor, quick intelligence, initiative, or the like, as from overstrain, boredom, or surfeit: He had grown stale on the job and needed a long vacation.