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Having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
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staleness
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being stale. 2 (context countable English) The result or product of being stale.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Staleness \Stale"ness\, n. The quality or state of being stale.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn: triteness ] having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging [ant: freshness ]
Usage examples of staleness.
Credential doctrines disaccorded with a pervasive staleness and spiritual claustrophobia.
The founts gushed harder as they descended—water pressure, Malenfant thought—and soon the spiral canals were filled with bubbling, frothing liquid, which took away some of the staleness of the still air of the well.