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Noun: staleness  steyl-nus
  1. Unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
    - triteness
     
  2. Having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging

Derived forms: stalenesses

See also: stale

Type of: oldness, unoriginality

Antonym: freshness

Encyclopedia: Staleness

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