Thesaurus: threadbare

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1. a. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
2. a. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.
3. adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
4. adj. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
5. 1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope." Chaucer. 2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift.
6. j:100 s. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through