(~r, ~st)
1.
Stale food is no longer fresh or good to eat.
Their daily diet consisted of a lump of ~ bread, a bowl of rice and ~ water.
? fresh
ADJ
2.
Stale air or a ~ smells is unpleasant because it is no longer fresh.
A layer of smoke hung low in the ~ air.
...the smell of ~ sweat.
ADJ
3.
If you say that a place, an activity, or an idea is ~, you mean that it has become boring because it is always the same.
Her relationship with Mark has become ~...
ADJ disapproval