outdatedness

noun

as in staleness

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  1. staleness
  2. banality
Noun
  • Less than three months after the end of the World Cup, and concerns that the start of the 2030 cycle would be tame, uneventful and underwhelming — remember the fears regarding the potential staleness as a coach began a second cycle with the team?
    — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Although they’re designed to dispense cereal, most also have an airtight seal to lock in the freshness and avoid staleness.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of staleness
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  • The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The sentences, packed with jargon, beat me down with their elaborate banality.
    — Max Callimanopulos, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of banality
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“Outdatedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outdatedness. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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