Threadbare (Adjective)
Meaning 1
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'".
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Meaning 2
Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs".
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