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English adjective: threadbare

1. threadbare repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse


SamplesBromidic 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'.


Synonymsbanal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn


Similarunoriginal


Antonymsoriginal

2. threadbare having the nap worn away so that the threads show through


SamplesThreadbare rugs.


Similarworn


Antonymsnew









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