Threadbare - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈθredber|
Brit.
|ˈθredbeə|
adjective
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse (syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn)
repeating threadbare jokes
- having the nap worn away so that the threads show throughthreadbare rugs
Extra examples
...bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale...
...a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clichés...
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