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stain : taint, spot, dirty, blemish, blot
stake : stick, post
stale1 / / adjective

1 bread or cake that is stale is no longer fresh or good to eat : go stale: This loaf has gone stale.

2 air that is stale is not fresh or pleasant

3 news or jokes that are stale are no longer interesting or exciting: the same stale old jokes we've all heard before

4 someone who is stale has no new ideas, interest, or energy, because they have been doing the same thing for too long : feel/get/go stale: I'm getting stale in this job - I need a change.

staleness noun [uncountable]
: vapid /adjective formal
lacking intelligence, interest, or imagination: vapid piped music
vapidly adverb
vapidness noun [uncountable]
vapidity / / noun [uncountable] , old, decayed
stammer1 /verb [intransitive, transitive]
to speak or say something with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, either because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous, excited etc: Whenever he was angry he would begin to stammer slightly.
stutter1 (1)

stammerer noun [countable]

stammeringly adverb : stutter, hesitate, falter