Staleness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed

having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈeɪlnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈeɪlnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈeɪlnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /stˈeɪlnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

triteness

Antonyms

freshness

Word Forms

trite	adjective	repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
stale	adjective	lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Abgestandenheit

Unoriginalität als Folge von Langeweile und Abgegriffenheit

🇫🇷French

manque de fraîcheur

manque d'originalité parce qu'il est ennuyeux et éculé

🇪🇸Spanish

estancamiento

falta de originalidad como resultado de ser aburrido y trillado

🇮🇹Italian

stantio

mancanza di originalità perché noioso e banale

🇳🇱Dutch

oudheid

onoriginaliteit als gevolg van saai en afgezaagd zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

obsoleto

falta de originalidade como resultado de ser chato e banal

🇷🇺Russian

несвежесть

неоригинальность в результате скучности и избитости

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बासांपन

नीरस और घिसे-पिटे होने के परिणामस्वरूप अस्वाभाविकता

🇧🇩Bengali

অচলতা

নিস্তেজ এবং হ্যাকনিড হওয়ার ফলে অমৌলিকতা

🇮🇳Tamil

மந்தநிலை

மந்தமான மற்றும் ஹேக்னியாக இருப்பதன் விளைவாக அசாதரணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

స్తబ్దత

నిస్తేజంగా మరియు అసహనంగా ఉండటం వలన అసమర్థత

🇮🇳Marathi

मळमळ

निस्तेज आणि खाचखळगे असण्याचा परिणाम म्हणून अनौपचारिकता

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્થિરતા

નિસ્તેજ અને હેકનીડ હોવાના પરિણામે બિનમૌલિકતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಥಬ್ದತೆ

ದಡ್ಡ ಮತ್ತು ಹ್ಯಾಕ್ನೀಡ್ ಆಗಿರುವ ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ ಅಸಲಿತನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മുരടിപ്പ്

മന്ദബുദ്ധിയുടെയും വിദ്വേഷത്തിൻ്റെയും ഫലമായി അസഹിഷ്ണുത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟਿਕਾਅ

ਸੁਸਤ ਅਤੇ ਹੈਕਨੀ ਹੋਣ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਗੈਰ-ਮੌਲਿਕਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

جمود

پھیکے اور ہیکنی ہونے کے نتیجے میں غیر حقیقیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

陈旧性

由于迟钝和陈腐而缺乏创意

🇯🇵Japanese

古さ

退屈で陳腐な結果として生じる独創性のなさ

🇰🇷Korean

부실함

지루하고 진부한 결과로 인한 비독창성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự ôi thiu

tính không nguyên bản do buồn tẻ và nhàm chán

🇹🇭Thai

ความจืดชืด

ความไม่สร้างสรรค์อันเป็นผลมาจากความโง่เขลาและถูกแฮ็ก

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekekalan

tidak orisinalitas karena membosankan dan usang

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalang-sigla

unoriginality bilang isang resulta ng pagiging mapurol at hackneyed

🇲🇾Malay

kebusukan

tidak asli akibat daripada menjadi kusam dan digodam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جفاء

عدم الأصالة نتيجة لكونها مملة ومبتذلة

🇮🇷Persian

کهنگی

غیر اصالت در نتیجه کسل کننده بودن و هک بودن

🇹🇷Turkish

yıpranmışlık

donuk ve basmakalıp olmanın bir sonucu olarak özgün olmama

🇮🇱Hebrew

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