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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - threadbare

 
 

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Threadbare

threadbare
~ adj 1 clothes, carpets etc that are threadbare are very thin and in bad condition because they have been used a lot  (a threadbare old sofa) 2 threadbare excuse/argument/joke etc an excuse etc that is no longer effective because it has been used too much
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1.
  1. Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much. She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet. = worn ADJ 2. If you describe an activity, an idea, or an argument as threadbare, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting. ...the government’s threadbare domestic policies. ADJ ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
   adjective  Date: 14th century  1.  a. having the nap worn off so that the thread shows ; shabby ~ clothes  b. wearing ~ clothing ; very poor took in ~ relatives — Russell Baker  c. barely adequate because of cheapness or shabbiness a ~ production  2. exhausted of interest or freshness  Synonyms: see trite  • ~ness noun ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
  adj. 1 (of cloth) so worn that the nap is lost and the thread visible. 2 (of a person) wearing such clothes. 3 a hackneyed. b feeble or insubstantial (a threadbare excuse). ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
  1. потертый, изношенный, потрепанный threadbare clothes —- поношенная одежда threadbare carpet —- потертый ковер 2. старый, избитый, приевшийся, не новый threadbare argument —- избитый довод threadbare joke —- приевшаяся (избитая) шутка threadbare theme —- избитая (заезженная) тема threadbare story —- старая история 3. редк. плохо одетый; в поношенной одежде; оборванный threadbare beggar —- оборванец, нищий в лохмотьях ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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  adj.  1) потертый, изношенный  2) бедно одетый  3) избитый (о шутке, доводе и т.п.) Syn: see trite ...
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