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Threadbare

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Pronounce Threadbare as T HH R EH AH D B AH R EH.

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pertaining to something that is worn out or ragged

banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn(adj)

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'"

threadbare(adj)

having the nap worn away so that the threads show through

"threadbare rugs"

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale

used or heard so often as to be dull

a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clichés

worn or torn into or as if into rags

I loved that threadbare shirt, but after 10 years of wear, it was time to throw it away

lacking money or material possessions

never knew that she had so many threadbare relatives until she won the lottery

He was wearing a threadbare suit.

tired hackneyed stock(a) commonplace trite banal shopworn old hat well worn timeworn stale worn out napless beaten common beat up bombed out dilapidated dog eared down at the heels down at heel dumpy grungy mangy mean miserable moth eaten neglected ratty run down scrubby scruffy seedy shabby sleazy tacky tatterdemalion tatty tumbledown cliché cliche clichéd cobwebby hack hackney musty obligatory stereotyped frayed ragged raggedy tattered worn out beggared beggarly broke destitute dirt poor down and out famished hard up impecunious impoverished indigent necessitous needful needy pauperized penniless penurious poor poverty stricken skint

fresh new novel original unclichéd unhackneyed affluent deep pocketed fat fat cat flush moneyed monied opulent rich silk stocking wealthy well heeled well off well to do

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