THREADBARE

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

(adjective) 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’”

threadbare

(adjective) having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; “threadbare rugs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

threadbare (comparative more threadbare, superlative most threadbare)

(of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show

damaged or shabby

(of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material

banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed

Synonyms

• See also hackneyed

Source: Wiktionary

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Thread"bare`, a.

1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope." Chaucer.

2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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