threadbare
/ˈθɹɛdbɛə(ɹ)/ · adjective
Meaning
- (of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show
- Damaged or shabby
- (of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material
- Banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed
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