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.