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threadbare: Meaning and Definition of
thread•bare
Pronunciation: (thred'bâr"), [key]
— adj.
- 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.
See also:
- threadbare (Thesaurus)
