staleness

staleness
stale·ness
[ˈsteɪlnəs]
n no pl
1. (lack of freshness) Abgestandenheit f; of bread Altbackenheit f
2. (lack of originality) Abgegriffenheit f fam; of ideas Fantasielosigkeit f
3. (dullness) Abgestumpftheit f
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['steIlnɪs]
n
1) (lit of beer, water etc) Schalheit f, Abgestandenheit f; (of bread, biscuit) Altbackenheit f; (of taste, smell) Muffigkeit f

the staleness of the air made them sleepy — die verbrauchte Luft machte sie schläfrig

2) (fig of joke) Abgedroschenheit f

the staleness of the news —

he practised to the point of staleness — er übte, bis er langsam alles nur noch routinemäßig machte

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staleness [ˈsteılnıs] s
1. Schalheit f (auch fig)
2. fig
a) Fadheit f, Abgedroschenheit f
b) Verbrauchtheit f
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n.
Schalheit f.

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