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threadbare
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Learner's definition of THREADBARE
[more threadbare; most threadbare]
1
: very thin and in bad condition from too much use : shabby穿旧的；磨薄的
- a threadbare carpet/suit磨光毛的地毯；穿旧的西装
2
: not very effective, interesting, etc., because of being used too often老套的；陈腐的
- a threadbare joke老掉牙的笑话
- the story's threadbare plot老套的故事情节
Synonyms
Example Sentences
bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clichés
Recent Examples on the Web The nation’s health care system is so threadbare that Haitians regularly die of easily treatable ailments like diarrhea, and public hospitals often have to charge patients for basics like syringes and gloves. 
Catherine Porter, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020 There, threadbare health care services, the impossibility of social distancing in packed slum communities, and an absence of economic safety nets are incubating a human tragedy of potentially cataclysmic scale. Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2020 And proximity to both nature and death can sometimes draw us closer to it, can thin the veil into something threadbare and shimmering. Mary Pembleton, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020 After the unexpected gift of Lamb, the second day was about the need to stock a threadbare defense. David Moore, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2020 Inside a tent encampment in Sicily, an immigrant laborer ties a threadbare piece of cloth over his face to protect himself from the virus. David Kortava, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2020 Coronavirus response is currently a threadbare patchwork of local, state, and national activity, but that may change as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc. David Karpf, Wired, 10 Apr. 2020 The Browns are in an excellent position to fortify their offensive line after leaving it glaringly threadbare in 2019. Scott Patsko, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2020 Economic inequality is exacerbated by racial injustice, both held in place by a threadbare social-safety net. Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020 See More
Catherine Porter, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020 There, threadbare health care services, the impossibility of social distancing in packed slum communities, and an absence of economic safety nets are incubating a human tragedy of potentially cataclysmic scale. Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2020 And proximity to both nature and death can sometimes draw us closer to it, can thin the veil into something threadbare and shimmering. Mary Pembleton, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020 After the unexpected gift of Lamb, the second day was about the need to stock a threadbare defense. David Moore, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2020 Inside a tent encampment in Sicily, an immigrant laborer ties a threadbare piece of cloth over his face to protect himself from the virus. David Kortava, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2020 Coronavirus response is currently a threadbare patchwork of local, state, and national activity, but that may change as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc. David Karpf, Wired, 10 Apr. 2020 The Browns are in an excellent position to fortify their offensive line after leaving it glaringly threadbare in 2019. Scott Patsko, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2020 Economic inequality is exacerbated by racial injustice, both held in place by a threadbare social-safety net. Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of threadbare was in the 14th century adjective
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