Looking for the meaning or definition of the word threadbare? That's all it means.
pertaining to something that is worn out or ragged
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn(adj)repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
threadbare(adj)having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
"threadbare rugs"
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglectbought a threadbare couch at a garage sale
used or heard so often as to be dulla novel filled with nothing but threadbare clichés
worn or torn into or as if into ragsI loved that threadbare shirt, but after 10 years of wear, it was time to throw it away
lacking money or material possessionsnever knew that she had so many threadbare relatives until she won the lottery
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