threadbare
usang
definition
adjective
shabby rooms with threadbare carpets
(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age.
translation of 'threadbare'
adjective
membosankan,
tua,
lapuk,
usang,
tipis menerawang
example
Much more needs to be done if the already rickety and 'threadbare' credibility of the Church is ever going to be restored.
As I raced back to the 'threadbare' offices, where we tapped out stories on half-sheets of paper hunched over manual typewriters, my adrenaline was pumping.
The credibility of two of the leading actors of American monetary policy today is somewhat 'threadbare' , to say the least.
Sometimes this tale of interrupted promise swung on pitifully 'threadbare' evidence.
Their great old houses overflow with rough medieval furniture, 'threadbare' tapestries and religious relics worn smooth by the touch of generations.
Both our little beds are a mishmash of sheets and blankets and 'threadbare' pillows and the floor is covered in our old sports trophies and other such junk.
Bangkok has dozens of rather dreary, 'threadbare' hotels in the £10 - £30 range, while below and above that you can really get good value.
Underneath were pictures of dockers' children in 'threadbare' clothes.
He was issued with a thin mat and a 'threadbare' blanket and taken to the cell block.
Unfortunately, the Cole royal commission may also end up the perfect mechanism for destroying the already 'threadbare' authority of royal commissions.
My room is pretty 'threadbare' right now, but Rebecca promised that tomorrow we will go buy furniture for me.
There is little a performer can do with such 'threadbare' material.
The wind was bitter against his bare legs and feet, and it tore straight through his 'threadbare' clothing.
The democratic pretences of the opposition have always been 'threadbare' .
She stopped, then slowly walked over to stand in the middle of the large, round room, looking down at the 'threadbare' rug.
In the scramble to balance the books, the already 'threadbare' provision for non-critical cases could be stripped away.
But his eyes were still bright, and his 'threadbare' old khaki police uniform shirt still bore his many medals.
The clever, jazz-tinged arrangement of New Bond Street makes up for its 'threadbare' lyrics.
The film is set in a 'threadbare' Australian ski resort at the fag-end of winter, well past the postcard stage.
Initially, capitalist market conditions were introduced into Russia under a somewhat 'threadbare' banner of " democracy ".
The allegations against Wahid were always 'threadbare' pretexts for his removal from office.
Christian conservatism and hysterical anti-communism formed the parties' 'threadbare' ideological framework and served to counterbalance various interests.
The tables were chipped, the carpet is 'threadbare' , the seats have lost all their padding and comfort.
The bedding was 'threadbare' , but freshly laundered and the floor appeared to have been fitted with a new carpet.
But the room wasn't sad and 'threadbare' , it was full of people.
Hanford Burr's "Around the Fire" stories never grow old or 'threadbare' .
Once healthy, rich and famous, he now lives in a 'threadbare' apartment, forced to sell his sporting trophies to feed his drug habit.
His friends treated his 'threadbare' bachelor apartment as a virtual drop-in centre.
You can rent rustic cabins with great views; while some are a bit 'threadbare' , they are all charming.
I had two dresses, one nightgown, three pair of undergarments and a thin, 'threadbare' cloak.
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