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staleness

staleness noun: the state or quality of being stale.

Noun

staleness (countable and uncountable, plural stalenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being stale.
    • James Bond suddenly knew that he was tired. He always knew when his body or his mind had had enough and he always acted on the knowledge. This helped him to avoid staleness and the sensual bluntness that breeds mistakes.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 7
  2. (countable) The result or product of being stale.

staleness meaning in Tamil

staleness in Tamil

பாண்டல், பழமை

Forms of staleness

pluralstalenesses

Origin of staleness

From stale + -ness.

Questions about staleness

What does staleness mean?
Staleness means the state or quality of being stale.
What is staleness in Tamil?
Staleness in Tamil is பாண்டல், பழமை. See Staleness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is staleness?
Staleness is a noun.
What is the plural of staleness?
The plural of staleness is stalenesses.

Words near staleness in the dictionary

  1. stalemate
  2. stalemated
  3. stalemater
  4. stalemates
  5. stalemating
  6. staleness
  7. stalenesses
  8. staler
  9. stales
  10. stalest
  11. Staley

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Adapted from Wiktionary: staleness (page history and authors); staleness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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