threadbare

Words with a similar base: threadbare

'threadbare'

[banal.s.01] as in: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Examples:
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'

'threadbare'

[threadbare.s.02] as in: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through

Examples:
threadbare rugs

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