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thread·bare  (thrdbâr)
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.

threadbare
Adjective
1. (of cloth, clothing, or a carpet) having the nap worn off so that the threads are exposed
2. having been used or expressed so often as to be no longer interesting: threadbare ideas
3. wearing shabby worn-out clothes
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.threadbarethreadbare - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "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'"
unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
2.threadbare - having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"
worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"

threadbare
adjective 1. shabby, worn, frayed, old, ragged, worn-out, scruffy, tattered, tatty, down at heel << OPPOSITE new
Translations

threadbare [ˈθrɛdbɛəʳ] adjraído
threadbare [ˈθrɛdbɛəʳ] adjrâpé(e)élimé(e)
threadbare [ˈθrɛdbɛəʳ] thread adj [clothes] → abgetragen; [carpet] → abgelaufen
threadbare [ˈθrɛdbɛəʳ] adjconsumato/a, logoro/a


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They found Mary, as usual, deep in the study of thorough-bass and human nature; and had some extracts to admire, and some new observations of threadbare morality to listen to.
He wore the same suit that I had seen him in five years before; it was torn and stained, threadbare, and it hung upon him loosely, as though it had been made for someone else.
No prepossession for the mere antique (and in this case we can imagine no other prepossession) should induce us to dignify with the sacred name of poetry, a series, such as this, of elaborate and threadbare compliments, stitched, apparently, together, without fancy, without plausibility, and without even an attempt at adaptation.
 
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