Definition of Threadbare
Adjective: threadbare 'thred,behr
- Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"repeating threadbare jokes";
- banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn [N. Amer], stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn, shop-soiled [Brit]
- Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
"threadbare rugs"
See also:
thread
threadbareness
Anagrams containing the word threadbare
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