ummehtunut — meaning in English

English meaning

• fusty adj Smelling damp and moldy.
• stagnant adj Not flowing or moving, and therefore often stale or unhealthy — usually said of water.
• stale adj No longer fresh; dried out or gone off, especially food or drink.

Senses

ummehtunut is used for these senses in English:

• fusty (figuratively, by extension) Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
• stagnant (figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.
• stale No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.

fusty — full definition

1. adj Smelling damp and moldy.
2. adj Having a stale, stuffy smell, as in a room that needs airing.
3. adj Stuck in old ways and unwilling to move with the times.
4. adj Having a taste picked up from the wooden barrel it was stored in.

stagnant — full definition

1. adj Not flowing or moving, and therefore often stale or unhealthy — usually said of water.
2. adj Showing no growth, change, or progress.

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