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threadbare |
Overview of adj threadbare The adj threadbare has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn -- (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'") 2. threadbare -- (having the nap worn away so that the threads show through "threadbare rugs") Antonyms of adj threadbare 2 senses of threadbare Sense 1 banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock(postnominal), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn INDIRECT (VIA unoriginal) -> original Sense 2 threadbare INDIRECT (VIA worn) -> unworn Similarity of adj threadbare 2 senses of threadbare Sense 1 banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock(postnominal), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn => unoriginal (vs. original) Sense 2 threadbare => worn (vs. unworn) Attributes of adj threadbare Familiarity of adj threadbare threadbare used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj threadbare threadbare Overview of adj threadbare The adj threadbare has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn -- (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'") 2. threadbare -- (having the nap worn away so that the threads show through "threadbare rugs")
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