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Meaning of threadbare in English
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Classifying Adjective
threadbare
Definitions
1.
repeated too often
Examples
« 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' »
Synonyms
unoriginal
2.
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
Examples
« threadbare rugs »
Synonyms
worn