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   Stale

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   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 dateoffmoldyrottendecayedunfreshrancidrankOpposite 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   • ▪ (of a check or legal claim) invalid because out of date: "justifications for adverse possession go beyond stale claims"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

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   • Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer. 3. Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread. 4. Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed. 5. Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common. 6.

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   What does Stallen mean in English?

   • Middle English, settled, clear (of ale), not fresh, from Anglo-French estale, probably from Middle Dutch stel old (of beer) Middle English; akin to Middle Low German stallen to urinate, stal urine of horses 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 15th century, in the meaning defined above

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   3 something that is stale has been said or done too many times before and is no longer interesting or exciting stale jokes Their marriage went stale long ago.; 4 a person who is stale has done the same thing for too long and so is unable to do it well or produce any new ideas After ten years in the job, she felt stale and needed a change.

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   stale air/water. a room filled with stale smoke. 2. : not interesting or new : boring or unoriginal. stale news/jokes. Their relationship went stale. [=became dull or predictable] 3. : not as strong, effective, or energetic as before. She felt stale [= bored] in her job.

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