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Threadbare

Threadbare Meaning & Definition
Threadbare Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Threadbare?

[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'"
[adj] having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Threadbare: banal | commonplace | hackneyed | shopworn | stock(a) | timeworn | tired | trite | unoriginal | well-worn | worn

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Threadbare In Webster's Dictionary

\Thread"bare`\, a. 1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. ``A threadbare cope.'' --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. --Swift.

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