stale
stale /st'eɪl/ (staler stalest)
1 [ADJ]
Stale food is no longer fresh or good to eat.
Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice and stale water.
≠ fresh
2 [ADJ]
Stale air or a stale smells is unpleasant because it is no longer fresh.
A layer of smoke hung low in the stale air.
...the smell of stale sweat.
3 [ADJ]
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.
Her relationship with Mark has become stale...
1 [ADJ]
Stale food is no longer fresh or good to eat.
Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice and stale water.
≠ fresh
2 [ADJ]
Stale air or a stale smells is unpleasant because it is no longer fresh.
A layer of smoke hung low in the stale air.
...the smell of stale sweat.
3 [ADJ]
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.
Her relationship with Mark has become stale...