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stale ¹  (stl)

adj. stal·er, stal·est

1. Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability: stale bread; stale air.

2. Lacking originality or spontaneity: a stale joke.

3. Impaired in efficacy, vigor, or spirit, as from inactivity or boredom.

4. Law Having lost effectiveness or force through lack of exercise or action.

tr. & intr.v. staled, stal·ing, stales

To make or become stale.

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[Middle English, settled, clear (used of beer or wine), probably from Old French estale, slack, settled, clear, from estaler, to come to a standstill, halt, from estal, standing place, stand, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

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stalely adv.

staleness n.

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stale

Adjective

1. (esp. of food) no longer fresh, having being kept too long

2. (of air) stagnant and having an unpleasant smell

3. lacking in enthusiasm or ideas through overwork or lack of variety

4. uninteresting from having been done or seen too many times: such achievements now seem stale today

5. no longer new: her war had become stale news [probably from Old French estale motionless]

staleness n

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Stale a body of armed men posted for ambush.

Examples: stale of hunters, 1425; of armed men, 1350.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	stale - urinate, of cattle and horses make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
Adj.	1.	stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham fresh - recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce"
	2.	stale - lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news" dusty, moth-eaten, cold unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

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stale

adjective 1. old, hard, dry, decayed, fetid << OPPOSITE fresh

adjective 2. musty, stagnant, fusty

adjective 3. tasteless, flat, sour, insipid

adjective 4. unoriginal, banal, trite, common, flat, stereotyped, commonplace, worn-out, antiquated, threadbare, old hat, insipid, hackneyed, overused, repetitious, platitudinous, cliché-ridden << OPPOSITE original

Translations

stale [steɪl] adj [bread] → duro; [food] → pasado

stale [steɪl] adj [bread] → rassis(e); [food] → pas frais(fraîche); [beer] → éventé(e); [smell] → de renfermé; [air] → confiné(e)

stale [steɪl] adj (bread) → altbacken;

(food) → alt;

(smell) → muffig;

(air) → verbraucht;

(beer) → schal

stale [steɪl] adj [bread] → raffermo/a, stantio/a; [beer] → svaporato/a; [smell] → di chiuso

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stale

adj stale [steil]

1 (of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless stale bread.mufغَيْر طازِج، تَفِه المَذاقзастоялstarý, suchýtøraltμπαγιάτικοςkopitanudماندهummehtunut, homehtunutqui n'est plus fraisמְעוּפַּשबासी, पर्युषितstar, pokvarenállottbasigamall, uppþornaðurstantio, vecchio新鮮でない(식품이) 신선하지 않은senas, sudžiūvęsvecs; sacietējisbasiniet versgammel; ikke fersk; dovenzestarzały, czerstwyvelhovecheнесвежий; чёрствыйstarý, suchýstar, postan, preležanustajaogammal, fadd, avslagenที่ไม่สดbayat不新鮮的черствий, несвіжийباسی اور بے مزہôi thiu不新鲜的

2 no longer interesting His ideas are stale and dull.oninteressantغَيْر مُثير، فاتَت مُدَّتُهбезинтересенotřepanýforslidtabgestandenξεπερασμένος, βαρετόςigavبي مزهkulunutrebattuמְשַעֲמֵםपुराना घिसा-पिटाstar, otrcanmegkopott, ellaposodott, fásultbasistaðnaðurtrito, passatoありきたりのpasenęsvecs; zaudējis svaigumu; neinteresantsbasiafgezaagdforeldet, uinteressantprzestarzałygastoînvechitизбитый, затасканныйotrepanýobrabljendosadanförlegadที่น่าเบื่อeski, monoton陳舊的заяложенийغیر دلچسپcũ rích, nhạt nhẽo陈旧的

3 no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.vermufموهَن، مُجْهَدпреуморенpřetrénovanýudbrændt; udkørtverbrauchtανίκανος να αποδώσει λόγω υπερβολικής κούρασηςülepingutanudتحليل رفتهylirasittunutvidéבְּכוֹשֵר יָרוּדकिसी और व्यस्तता के चलते काम नहीं कर पानाistrošen, pohabantúl sokat gyakorolbosanútkeyrður/-brunninnspento, spossato生気を失って(과로 때문에) 지쳐 있는; 머리가 둔해진išsisėmęs, išsikvėpęspagurt; pārgurt; pārtrenētiesbosanmatovertrentprzetrenowanyenfastiadoepuizatвыдохшийсяvyčerpaný, unavenýizčrpaniscrpljenövertränad, överansträngdที่เก่าyorgun, bitkin疲憊不堪的виснаженийناقابل عملluyện tập quá sức疲惫不堪的