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stale

 
 
/steɪl/ adjective

Translation

OLD old and not fresh
bayat, eskimiş, bayatlamış
stale bread Cake goes stale quickly if it's not covered.907
BORING boring or bored, and not producing or feeling excitement or enthusiasm like before
sıkıcı, sıkılmış, yorgun, bitkin, tükenmiş
After 21 years their marriage had begun to go stale. I'd been too long in the same job and was getting stale.17791070
(Definition of stale adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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