THREADBARE

adj. 1 frayed, worn (out), worn to a frazzle, ragged, moth-eaten, tattered, tatty, scruffy, shabby, seedy, torn, wretched, sorry, slovenly My old winter coat is looking a bit threadbare 2 trite, hackneyed, overused, overworked, reworked, stale, tired, stereotyped, commonplace, clichéd, cliché-ridden, banal, prosaic, dull, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, boring, played out, Colloq old hat You'll never make it as a comedian by relying on that threadbare material of yours