threadbare

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.

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threadbare [ˈθrɛdˌbɛə]

adj

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

threadbareness  n

Thesaurus

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

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threadbare

adjective

1. shabby, worn, frayed, old, ragged, worn-out, scruffy, tattered, tatty, down at heel She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.
shabby new, good, smart, brand-new, well-preserved

2. hackneyed, common, tired, stale, corny (slang), stock, familiar, conventional, stereotyped, commonplace, well-worn, trite, clichéd, overused, cliché-ridden the government's threadbare domestic policies
hackneyed new, different, original, fresh, novel, unusual, unfamiliar, unconventional

Translations

threadbare [ˈθredbɛəʳ] ADJ [coat, blanket, carpet] → raído, gastado (fig) [argument] → trillado

threadbare [ˈθrɛdbɛə^r] adj [carpet] → râpé(e), élimé(e)

threadbare

adj → abgewetzt, fadenscheinig; clothes also → abgetragen; carpet also → abgelaufen; (fig) argument → fadenscheinig; joke → abgedroschen; idea → veraltet

threadbare [ˈθrɛdˌbɛəʳ] adj (coat, blanket) → logoro/a, consumato/a, liso/a (fig) (argument) → trito/a