Lacking brilliance or intelligence.
Having no shine or lustre; dull.
Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.
Lack of brightness or points of interest.
A person or thing of no particular brilliance or intelligence.
No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.
Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
A stalemate; a stalemated game.
One of the rungs on a ladder.
The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
One of the posts or uprights of a ladder.
To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
To stalemate.
To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.