Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being stale, in any sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being stale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state or quality of being
stale . - noun countable The result or product of being
stale .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
- noun having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think staleness is a consequence of the writer’s boredom with what he/she is writing.
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There was no hint of the laggard now in Tom, Dick and Harry -- no suspicion of "staleness" in their keen pride in their work; Irish and
Baldy of Nome Esther Birdsall Darling
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So few people can realise the terrible effect which "staleness" has upon certain minds.
Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Richard King 1913
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Shanny's "staleness" over the last three years has no bearing on the predictably pedestrian prevent O that McDaniels fielded this year.
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Shanny's "staleness" over the last three years has no bearing on the predictably pedestrian prevent O that McDaniels fielded this year.
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But how does Google defines it against the "staleness" of the content?
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But how does Google defines it against the "staleness" of the content?
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But how does Google defines it against the "staleness" of the content?
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But how does Google defines it against the "staleness" of the content?
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"staleness" of the marks, or values, the firm had placed on many of its securities.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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