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threadbare


 
  Overview  of  adj  threadbare 
 
  The  adj  threadbare  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  banal,  commonplace,  hackneyed,  shopworn,  stock,  threadbare,  timeworn,  tired,  trite,  well-worn  --  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  threadbare 
 
  2  senses  of  threadbare 
 
  Sense  1 
  banal,  commonplace,  hackneyed,  shopworn,  stock(postnominal),  threadbare,  timeworn,  tired,  trite,  well-worn 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unoriginal)  ->  original 
 
  Sense  2 
  threadbare 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  worn)  ->  unworn 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  threadbare 
 
  2  senses  of  threadbare 
 
  Sense  1 
  banal,  commonplace,  hackneyed,  shopworn,  stock(postnominal),  threadbare,  timeworn,  tired,  trite,  well-worn 
  =>  unoriginal  (vs.  original) 
 
  Sense  2 
  threadbare 
  =>  worn  (vs.  unworn) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  threadbare 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  threadbare 
 
  threadbare  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  threadbare 
  threadbare 
 
  Overview  of  adj  threadbare 
 
  The  adj  threadbare  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  banal,  commonplace,  hackneyed,  shopworn,  stock,  threadbare,  timeworn,  tired,  trite,  well-worn  --  (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") 



threadbare definition