STALE

adj. 1 old, past its prime, unfresh, dry, dried-out, hardened, limp, wilted, withered, flat, sour, turned, (gone) off, mouldy, musty, spoiled, rotten All the food is stale because you failed to wrap it carefully 2 old, banal, overused, antiquated, old-fashioned, threadbare, trite, clichéd, unoriginal, hackneyed, stereotyped, tired, weary, boring, tiresome, warmed-over, shop-worn, familiar, stock, well-known, Colloq hand-me-down, Brit reach-me-down These comedians come up with the same old stale jokes year after year