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stale
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- pronunciation:
- steIl
- features:
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
staler, stalest |
| definition 1: |
When something is stale, it is not fresh, or it has lost its taste.
We forgot to put the rest of the potato chips back in the bag yesterday and now they are stale.- synonyms:
- dry, wilted
- antonyms:
- fresh
- similar words:
- flat, old, sour
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| definition 2: |
When a story or joke is stale, it is not interesting or exciting, usually because it's old or has been told too many times before.
Nobody laughed at the man's stale jokes.- antonyms:
- fresh, original
- similar words:
- boring, dull, flat, old
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| related words: |
bad, dry |
| derivations: |
stalely (adv.), staleness (n.) |
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