THREADBARE


Meaning of THREADBARE in English

1.

Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much.

She sat cross-legged on a square of ~ carpet.

= worn

ADJ

2.

If you describe an activity, an idea, or an argument as ~, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting.

...the government’s ~ domestic policies.

ADJ

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