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threadbare Definition


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threadbare
adj
    1. Said of material or clothes: worn thin; shabby.
      Thesaurus: shabby, seedy, ragged, tattered, scruffy, frayed, worn out, moth-eaten.
    2. Said of a person: wearing such clothes.
      Thesaurus: trite, clichéd, stale, old, overused, hackneyed, commonplace, stereotyped, stock.
    3. Said of a word or excuse, etc: commonly used and meaningless; hackneyed; feeble.
Etymology: 14c.



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