yesterday's

ADJECTIVE

stale

Synonyms

STRONGEST

corny dull hackneyed shopworn threadbare tired

STRONG

antiquated bent out stereotyped

WEAK

banal cliché cliché-ridden clichéd common commonplace dead drab dusty effete flat fusty insipid like a dinosaur mawkish moth-eaten passé past platitudinous repetitious timeworn trite unoriginal well-worn worn-out zestless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active fresh new original

WEAK

current underused

Example Sentences

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Owner Gino Pozzo doesn't hang around if the situation gets close to this point, let alone reaches it, and he was on the wrong end of chanting from home supporters in yesterday's defeat.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

“That’s what yesterday’s decision should mean to everybody.”

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

A raft of earnings reports knocked the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite off of yesterday’s closing highs, even as chip stocks continued to surge.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Shares fell 2%, deepening yesterday’s decline on the back of weak sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Today’s white blood cell is yesterday’s creamed spinach.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

yesterday's

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