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Threadbare

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Definitions for Threadbare

adjective
repeated too often
Synonyms
banal commonplace hackneyed old-hat shopworn stock(a) timeworn tired trite well-worn
Examples
  1. overfamiliar through overuse
  2. bromidic sermons
  3. his remarks were trite and commonplace
  4. hackneyed phrases
  5. a stock answer
  6. repeating threadbare jokes
  7. parroting some timeworn axiom
  8. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
adjective
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
Examples
  1. threadbare rugs

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