Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.
Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.
Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.
Descriptor for wines that have lost their fresh, youthful qualities; opposite of fresh.
A tea that has lost most of its quality through excessive age. Stale teas have faded aromas and a characteristic dead, papery taste.
verb or adjective: an occurrence in which the phone number of a woman is no longer an effective means of making plans with her, usually because too much time has lapsed between interactions and the woman has lost interest; may also be used to describe a woman who has lost interest in a pickup artist.
wine which has lost its bouquet : insipid and flat due to oxidation (contact with air)
Wines that have lost their fresh, youthful qualities are called stale. Opposite of fresh.
Dull, heavy wines that are oxidized or lack balancing acidity for freshness are called stale.
This describes a wine that has lost its fresh, youthful qualities.
A response is stale if its age has passed its freshness lifetime.
Old, over the hill wines which have lost their freshness without developing the positive aspects of successful aging.
Wine with lifeless, stagnant qualities. Usually found in wines that were kept in large vessel storage for an excessive length of time (see also tanky).