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The Clue
Lacking spontaneity (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STALE
Tags
Notes
The answer STALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Clichéd
Flat
Fusty
Hackneyed
Insipid
Overtrained
Passé
Tasteless
Tired
Trite
Unfresh
Vapid
Wheezy
Like a cliché
Not fresh
Old hat
Old-hat
Out-of-date
Out of fashion
Out of practice
Stuffy, as air
Too-familiar
Warmed-over
Kind of bread or joke
Like an old bialy
Like an old joke
Like some humor
Like yesterday's bagels
Like yesterday's news
No longer fresh
No longer in style
Past the expiration date
Past its prime
Like old potato chips
Definition
STALE as a verb:
1. urinate, of cattle and horses
STALE as an adjective:
1. showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"
2. (stale, dusty, moth-eaten) = lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"
3. (cold, stale) = no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"