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

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

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 << OPPOSITE new

adjective 2. hackneyed, common, tired, stale, corny (slang) stock, familiar, conventional, stereotyped, commonplace, well-worn, trite, clichéd, overused, cliché-ridden << OPPOSITE original

Translations

threadbare [ˈθrɛdbɛəʳ] adj → raído

threadbare [ˈθrɛdbɛəʳ] adj → râpé(e) → élimé(e)

threadbare [ˈθrɛdbɛəʳ] thread adj [clothes] → abgetragen; [carpet] → abgelaufen

threadbare [ˈθrɛdbɛəʳ] adj → consumato/a, logoro/a