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threadbare
[ thred-bair ]
adjective
- having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
- wearing threadbare clothes; shabby or poor:
a threadbare old man.
- meager, scanty, or poor:
a threadbare emotional life.
- hackneyed; trite; ineffectively stale:
threadbare arguments.
threadbare
/ ˈθɛˌɛə /
adjective
- (of cloth, clothing, etc) having the nap worn off so that the threads are exposed
- meagre or poor
a threadbare existence
- hackneyed
a threadbare argument
- wearing threadbare clothes; shabby
Derived Forms
- ˈٳˌԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٳbn noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of threadbare1
Example Sentences
At least one of those additions is likely to come at linebacker, where the Trojans’ depth is most threadbare.
His is a movie that brims with lyricism instead, and hangs on its threadbare plot these many poetic dichotomies.
America's already threadbare assertions that it believes in a rules-based international order would dissolve.
In terms of linear television, it’s more tent than tentpole, but the canvas is sound; there are no rips developing, no threadbare patches to let the rain in.
It’s entirely conceivable that he’ll buy into this new attempt to outlaw a safe and effective abortion procedure, and send the three states’ threadbare case back up the judicial pipeline.
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