staleness
staleness · stalenesses
The state or quality of being staleThe state or quality of being stale.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The state or quality of being stale.
(countable)The result or product of being stale.
unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
Forms
plural: stalenesses| Singular | staleness |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed:triteness
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedstale
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.