Stale, a.
 1. Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.
 2. Not new; not freshly made; as, stale bread.
 3. Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed. “A stale virgin.”
 4. Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
    Wit itself, if stale is less pleasing.   --Grew.
 How weary, stale flat, and unprofitable
 Seem to me all the uses of this world!   --Shak.
 Stale affidavit Law, an affidavit held above a year. --Craig.
 Stale demand Law, a claim or demand which has not been pressed or demanded for a long time.