Moldy
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Covered with mold. Stale or musty.
Stale
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having lost its freshness from age. Stale food, for instance, is food which is still edible but has lost its deliciousness.No longer new; no longer interesting; established; old; as, stale news, a stale joke, etc.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A bird used as a decoy to trap other birds.Any trap or lure.A low class of prostitute (originally used as a decoy by other criminals).A person's position, especially in a battle-line.An ambush.A division of armed men posted in a specific place, either for an ambush or for other reasons.
Example sentence: Success is seductive. It can make one complacent and inefficient and stale.