threadbare
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- shabby, down at heel, frayed, old, ragged, scruffy, tattered, tatty, worn
- hackneyed, commonplace, conventional, familiar, overused, stale, stereotyped, tired, trite, well-worn

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Contrasted words: fresh, new, different, novel, original, unconventional, unusual, memorable
Related Idioms: the worse for wear, worn to rags (or threads)
Related Words: damaged, impaired, injured, frayed, ragged, shopworn, timeworn, worn, common, familiar, imitative, uncreative, set, stock, banal, corny

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

thread‧bare /ˈθredbeə $ -ber/ adjective

1. clothes, carpets etc that are threadbare are very thin and in bad condition because they have been used a lot:
a threadbare old sofa

2. threadbare excuse/argument/joke etc an excuse etc that is no longer effective because it has been used too much

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

threadbare
adj.
VERBS be | wear sth The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
ADV. a little, rather

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