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Threadbare
ˈθrɛdbɛː
Threadbare definitions
adjective
threadbare
- (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age
"tatty rooms with threadbare carpets"
- (of a person, building, or room) poor or shabby in appearance
"we huddle round a cassette deck in a threadbare rehearsal room"
- (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective
"the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés"