staleness

Definitions of staleness
  1. noun
    unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
    synonyms: triteness
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    types:
    camp
    something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
    type of:
    unoriginality
    uncreativeness due to a lack of originality
  2. noun
    having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
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    antonyms:
    freshness
    the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated
    types:
    moldiness, must, mustiness
    the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
    type of:
    oldness
    the opposite of youngness
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