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English to English adjective
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Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | | Example: 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'
source: wordnet30
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having the nap worn away so that the threads show through | | Example: threadbare rugs
source: wordnet30
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