staleness

2 definitions found

staleness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Staleness \Stale"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being stale.
     [1913 Webster]

staleness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  staleness
      n 1: unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn:
           triteness, staleness]
      2: having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
         [ant: freshness]