threadbare

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adjective

1. repeated too often;
overfamiliar through overuse (Freq. 1)
- 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'
• Syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn,
stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
• Similar to:
unoriginal
• Derivationally related forms:
triteness (for: trite), commonplace (for: commonplace), banality (for: banal)
2. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
- threadbare rugs
• Similar to:
worn