- STALER
- Not as fresh
- What heels become over time
- More like a "Borowitz Report" joke
- Less fresh
- More predictable, as a joke
- Less original, as a joke
- More suitable for stuffing or croutons, as bread
- More tired
- Thrice-told, vis-à-vis twice-told
- More like an old roll
- More like day-old bread
- Less up-to-date
- Not so newsworthy
- More musty
- Closer to expiration
- More timeworn
- More hackneyed
- Less original
- Older, as bread
- Less crisp, as chips
- Not as original, as jokes
- Not as newsworthy
- Comparatively unoriginal
- Relatively trite
- Not as innovative
- Less likely to start a trend
- More corny
- More out-of-date
- Not as sparkling
- Less fresh and crispy
- More banal
- More rancid.
- Less interesting.
- Not so fresh.
- More jejune.
- Older, as news.
- More vapid.
- Older, but not funnier.
- More trite.
- Older.
- Like some bread.
- Rustier.
- More passé
- Not so new or fresh
- More platitudinous
- Not so new
- Not so tasty
- Harder or softer, depending
- Like yesterday's news, to today's
- More clichéd
- More rough around the edges, perhaps
- Mustier
- Like yesterday's bread, compared with today's
- Flatter, as beer
- Not so original
