to go stale
81stale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. passé; rancid, dried up, tasteless, insipid, flat, vapid; trite, dull, banal, old hat (inf.). See insipidity, weariness. Ant., fresh. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Old or musty] Syn. spoiled, dried,… …
82stale — sb. == stealing. M. Ode, st. 128 …
83stale air — mixture of gases that don t flow; extremely hot, suffocating, burdensome heat …
84stale bread — dry bread, old bread …
85stale joke — old joke, joke that is well known and overly told …
86stale — slate …
87stale — a. 1. Vapid, tasteless, insipid, mawkish, flat, flashy, musty, fusty, sour. 2. Old, decayed, faded, effete, time worn, worn out. 3. Trite, common, hackneyed, commonplace, threadbare, old, vapid, stereotyped …
88stale cheque — A cheque that, in the UK, has not been presented for payment within six months of being written. The bank will not honour it, returning it marked ‘out of date’ …
89stale bull — A dealer or speculator who has a long position in something, usually a commodity, which is showing a paper profit but which the dealer cannot realize as there are no buyers at the higher levels. Being fully committed financially and therefore… …
90stale cheque — A cheque that, in the UK, has not been presented for payment within six months of being written. The bank will not honour it, returning it marked out of date …