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adjective
1.
having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
2.
wearing threadbare clothes; shabby or poor: a threadbare old man.
3.
meager, scanty, or poor: a threadbare emotional life.
4.
hackneyed; trite; ineffectively stale: threadbare arguments.
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Threadbare
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- In the unlimited leisure of the wilderness, discussion had been worn threadbare.
- All sides' failures to abide by commitments have left the peace agreement threadbare.
- Epic has been used to the extent of threadbare and gross this year.
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