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drab(adjective, dull, hard, weak, simple)
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effete(adjective, beat, hard, useless, tired)
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faded(adjective, hard, deterioration, old, sour)
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frowsty(adjective, rotten, stinking, smelly, putrid)
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gamy(adjective, bad, rank, foul, disagreeable)
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high(adjective, bad, rank, foul, disagreeable)
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mawkish(adjective, dull, hard, old, sour)
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mephitic(adjective, strong, offensive, sweet, corrupt)
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miasmic(adjective, strong, offensive, sweet, foul)
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offensive(adjective, strong, sweet, rank, foul)
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out(adjective, hard, informal, dead, old)
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out of date(expression, adjective, idiom, oldness)
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past its prime(expression, adjective, idiom)
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ready-made(dull, flat, silly, tired, commonplace)
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rusty(adjective, last, original, out, old)
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set(adjective, dull, flat, silly, tired)
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shabby(adjective, deterioration)
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spiritless(adjective, dull, weak, flat, cold)
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stenchy(adjective, hard, old, sour, rotten)
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stereotypical(adjective, excite, usual, trite)
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