a. | 1. | Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. |
2. | Fig.: Worn out; |
Adj. | 1. | threadbare - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "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'" |
2. | threadbare - having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs" |