English language

How to pronounce stale in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms cold, dusty, moth-eaten
Derivation staleness


stale news.
Type Words
Derivation staleness


stale bread.
the beer was stale.
Type Words
Type of make, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee, make water, micturate

Examples of stale

stale
Corruption, stale ideas and incompetence are characteristics both parties share.
From the dailyherald.com
It seems that swollen corporate supply has dulled appetite towards stale issues.
From the forbes.com
This has got the stale whiff of After The Lord Mayor's Show about it, hasn't it?
From the guardian.co.uk
It's stale now and that's even without the sweet taste of the Honeycomb tablets.
From the techcrunch.com
He avoided topical humor for fear an expertly crafted bit would soon grow stale.
From the washingtontimes.com
At 33 and after nearly a decade of teaching, Yates is worried about going stale.
From the time.com
It's hard to find work in a tight job market when your skills are seen as stale.
From the suntimes.com
The person in charge at my agency said I have up to a year before they go stale.
From the washingtonpost.com
My mom has warned me that too much togetherness can make relationships go stale.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
  • Urinate, of cattle and horses
  • Cold: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
  • (staleness) triteness: unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
  • (staleness) having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
  • Staling, or "going stale", is a chemical and physical process in bread and other foods that reduces their palatability. Stale bread is dry and leathery.
  • (Staleness) Staling, or "going stale" is a chemical and physical process in bread and other foods that reduces their palatability. Stale bread is dry and leathery.
  • A bird used as a decoy to trap other birds; Any trap or lure; A low class of prostitute (originally used as a decoy by other criminals); Having lost its freshness from age. ...
  • A taste fault that gives the coffee brew an unpleasant taste. Result of moisture and oxygen penetrating the bean fiber and adversely affecting the organic material that remains in the coffee bean, occurring in the staling process after roasting.