
Stale
Food Quality
Stale often refers to bread or baked goods that are hard and dry from age.

Stale cookies don't have that satisfying crunch anymore.
Aged Beverages
'Stale' for drinks implies a loss of carbonation or flavor over time.

The soda tasted flat and stale the day after opening.
Figurative Use
In a broader sense, things like ideas can figuratively become 'stale'.

The author's new book offered stale ideas recycled from his previous works.
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