Threadbare
adjective
1.
having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
2.
wearing threadbare clothes; shabby or poor:
a threadbare old man.
3.
meager, scanty, or poor:
a threadbare emotional life.
4.
hackneyed; trite; ineffectively stale:
threadbare arguments.
adjective
1.
(of cloth, clothing, etc) having the nap worn off so that the threads are exposed
2.
meagre or poor: a threadbare existence
3.
hackneyed: a threadbare argument
4.
wearing threadbare clothes; shabby
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