Definitions
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- adjective
comparative form ofstale : morestale
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Examples
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It had been ordered and baked in a more hopeful moment, before the Red Cross bombing, lovingly frosted, studded with sugary candies—and then sat growing staler and staler while it waited for an iftar that would never take place.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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It had been ordered and baked in a more hopeful moment, before the Red Cross bombing, lovingly frosted, studded with sugary candies—and then sat growing staler and staler while it waited for an iftar that would never take place.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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The place smelled like nursing home food, only staler and more pungent.
Long Way Home Laura Caldwell 2010
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Vacancy comes off staler than the air in a seedy, roach motel.
Vacancy (2007) 2010
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The Rant: When 'Cathy' haters are staler than the gag (Comic Riffs, Sep. 2008)
*AACK!* Cathy Guisewite will retire her comic strip 'CATHY' in October [UPDATED] 2010
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Madoff sentence (staler than a week-old baguette) hovering at the bottom of the page.
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For Edwards, the value of his endorsement is like milk sitting in the refrigerator: the longer you don't use it the staler it gets.
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The information on stock mutual funds is a bit staler, but the same industry source states that at year end there was $3.7 trillion in stock funds.
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Keep it up, Bill, and your legacy, already damaged by your behavior in the primaries, will be staler than week old bread.
Howard Wolfson Confirms Rift Between Bill Clinton And Obama 2009
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This starting with a bang and ending with a whimper is growing staler with each repetition.
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