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Threadbare
/ˈθɹɛdbɛə(ɹ)/
(of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show
📖 Definitions of "Threadbare"
adjective
- 1
(of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show
- 2
Damaged or shabby
- 3
(of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material
- 4
Banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed
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