threadbare
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(satellite adjective) having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs" |
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(satellite adjective) 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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Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn |
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