threadbare

Definition of Threadbare in English :

Adjective

1. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Example Sentences:
'bromidic sermons'
'his remarks were trite and commonplace'
'hackneyed phrases'
'a stock answer'
'repeating threadbare jokes'
'parroting some timeworn axiom'
'the trite metaphor hard as nails''

2. threadbare

having the nap worn away so that the threads show through

Example Sentences:
'threadbare rugs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Threadbare

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adjective

1.

(of cloth, clothing, etc) having the nap worn off so that the threads are exposed

2.

meagre or poor

a threadbare existence

3.

hackneyed

a threadbare argument

4.

wearing threadbare clothes; shabby

Threadbare

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adjective

1.

worn down so that the threads show; having the nap or surface fibers worn off

threadbare rugs

2.

wearing old, worn clothes; shabby

3.

that has lost freshness or novelty; stale

a threadbare argument

Threadbare

see synonyms of threadbare

adj.

1. Having the nap worn down so that the filling or warp threads show through; frayed or shabby: threadbare rugs.

2. Wearing old, shabby clothing.

3. Overused to the point of being worn out; hackneyed: threadbare excuses.

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