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| thread·bare [ thréd bèr ] |
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1. worn away to reveal threads: so heavily used that the soft part of the fabric has been worn away to reveal the threads beneath
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2. overused so no longer convincing: having been used so often as to be no longer convincing
  the same old threadbare excuses
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3. meager: not large, varied, or substantial enough to be satisfactory
eked out a threadbare existence
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4. shabbily dressed: wearing worn-out shabby clothes
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| thread·bare·ness noun |
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