threadbare, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
banal commonplace hackneyed old-hat shopworn stock threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn
sample sentences
"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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lexical pointers
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similar to
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
<adj.all>
threadbare