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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stale1 /steɪl/USA pronunciation adj., stal•er, stal•est. - not fresh;
dry or hardened, such as bread. - musty;
stagnant:a stale room. - overly familiar;
hackneyed;
trite:a stale joke. - having lost or no longer having or showing interest:He felt stale and and unable to get excited about work.
stale•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stale1 (stāl),USA pronunciation adj., stal•er, stal•est, v., staled, stal•ing.
adj. - not fresh;
vapid or flat, as beverages;
dry or hardened, as bread. - musty;
stagnant:stale air. - having lost novelty or interest;
hackneyed;
trite:a stale joke. - 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.
- Lawhaving lost force or effectiveness through absence of action, as a claim.
v.t., v.i. - to make or become stale.
- 1250–1300; Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch stel in same sense; perh. akin to stand or to stale2
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hard, tasteless, sour, insipid.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged uninteresting, stereotyped, old, common.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fresh.
stale2 (stāl),USA pronunciation v.i., staled, stal•ing. - Animal Husbandry(of livestock, esp. horses) to urinate.
- 1400–50; late Middle English stalen to urinate; cognate with German stallen, Danish stalle, Norwegian, Swedish stalla
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