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Another word for threadbare

threadbare Synonyms

threadbare

modif.

Ragged
shabby, seedy, frayed; see ragged, worn 1.
Trite
stale, tedious, worn, everyday; see common 1, dull 4, poor 2.

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Another word for threadbare

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Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:
bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty. (Informal) tacky². (Slang) ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot (or seed), past cure (or hope). See better
Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:
banal, bromidic, clichÃ©d, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, overworked, platitudinal, platitudinous, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out. See excite, usual

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Does the fabric appear threadbare in places?
If you or someone you know is the type of man who does not throw his underwear out until the pair is threadbare and has more holes than a sieve, men's nylon tricot briefs may just be the way to go.
For women who had spent several years wearing threadbare pajamas or chemises to bed, this was an unheard of opulence, and happily embraced.
Yet there is a certain difference between this and the work of a poor artist whose designs are threadbare.
A degenerate society cared nothing for syllogisms grown threadbare by repetition.

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