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1. (adj.) threadbare
having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the weave, as a fabric or garment.
2. threadbare
wearing threadbare clothes; shabby or poor.
3. threadbare
hackneyed; trite; ineffectively stale:
threadbare arguments.
4. threadbare
meager, scanty, or poor:
a threadbare account or report.
Etymology: (1325–75)
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| Definition of 'threadbare' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
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'"
2. (adj) threadbare
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
"threadbare rugs"
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| Definition of 'threadbare' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) threadbare
worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes
2. (adj) threadbare
fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations
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Sense: (of material) worn thin; shabby
a threadbare jacket.
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 Afrikaans: rafelrig |
 Arabic: بالٍ، رَث |
 Bulgarian: изтъркан |
 Brazilian: puído |
 Czech: obnošený, ošumělý |
 German: fadenscheinig |
 Danish: tyndslidt |
 Greek: ξεφτισμένος, τριμμένος |
 Spanish: gastado, raído |
 Estonian: vile, kulunud |
 Farsi: کهنه؛ مندرس |
 Finnish: nukkavieru |
 French: élimé |
 Hebrew: בָּלוי |
 Hindi: फटा-पुराना |
 Croatian: iznošen, izlizan |
 Hungarian: kopott |
 Indonesian: menipis |
 Icelandic: snjáður |
 Italian: liso, consumato |
 Japanese: 着古した |
 Korean: 올이 보일 정도로 낡은 |
 Lithuanian: nušiuręs, nutrintas |
 Latvian: nodilis; noskrandis; nopl |
 Malay: lusuh |
 Dutch: versleten |
 Norwegian: loslitt |
 Polish: wyświechtany, wytarty |
 Portuguese: puído |
 Romanian: jerpelit |
 Russian: изношенный |
 Slovak: obnosený |
 Slovenian: oguljen |
 Serbian: pohaban |
 Swedish: tunn-, trådsliten |
 Thai: เก่าจนหมดขน (เสื้อผ้า) |
 Turkish: incelmiş, eskimiş |
 Taiwanese: 穿破舊衣服的，卑鄙的 |
 Ukrainian: пошарпаний, зношений |
 Urdu: تارتار، فرسودہ |
 Vietnamese: mòn xơ cả chỉ |
 Chinese: 穿破旧衣服的，卑鄙的 |
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