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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
Other 51Թ Forms
- threadbareness noun
- ˈٳˌԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of threadbare1
Example Sentences
Though the sequel dialed up the amount of actual shark content, the rest of the plot is too threadbare to hold the film together between shark shots.
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.
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