threadbare
ಎನಿಸುವಷ್ಟು
definition
adjective
shabby rooms with threadbare carpets
(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age.
example
The allegations against Wahid were always 'threadbare' pretexts for his removal from office.
Sometimes this tale of interrupted promise swung on pitifully 'threadbare' evidence.
You can rent rustic cabins with great views; while some are a bit 'threadbare' , they are all charming.
The film is set in a 'threadbare' Australian ski resort at the fag-end of winter, well past the postcard stage.
There is nothing grim or 'threadbare' about either the building nor the attitude.
Initially, capitalist market conditions were introduced into Russia under a somewhat 'threadbare' banner of " democracy ".
His friends treated his 'threadbare' bachelor apartment as a virtual drop-in centre.
The credibility of two of the leading actors of American monetary policy today is somewhat 'threadbare' , to say the least.
He frequently appeared in a 'threadbare' and ragged cloak.
I had two dresses, one nightgown, three pair of undergarments and a thin, 'threadbare' cloak.
The democratic pretences of the opposition have always been 'threadbare' .
Unfortunately, the Cole royal commission may also end up the perfect mechanism for destroying the already 'threadbare' authority of royal commissions.
The wind was bitter against his bare legs and feet, and it tore straight through his 'threadbare' clothing.
He was issued with a thin mat and a 'threadbare' blanket and taken to the cell block.
Once healthy, rich and famous, he now lives in a 'threadbare' apartment, forced to sell his sporting trophies to feed his drug habit.
In the scramble to balance the books, the already 'threadbare' provision for non-critical cases could be stripped away.
Much more needs to be done if the already rickety and 'threadbare' credibility of the Church is ever going to be restored.
Raised in Cardonald, Glasgow, Mullan and his seven siblings were working class misfits in a grand but 'threadbare' rented house.
She wrapped her inadequate, 'threadbare' cape more securely around herself and pulled the hood down a little more to keep out the biting wind.
She stopped, then slowly walked over to stand in the middle of the large, round room, looking down at the 'threadbare' rug.
The tables were chipped, the carpet is 'threadbare' , the seats have lost all their padding and comfort.
The bed had a thick straw pallet for mattress, and the sheets were 'threadbare' and grubby, but they had slept on worse.
Bangkok has dozens of rather dreary, 'threadbare' hotels in the £10 - £30 range, while below and above that you can really get good value.
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.
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 cap is certainly too 'threadbare' to be a public appearance prop.
The 'threadbare' carpets were covered by cheap rugs.
Christian conservatism and hysterical anti-communism formed the parties' 'threadbare' ideological framework and served to counterbalance various interests.
The clever, jazz-tinged arrangement of New Bond Street makes up for its 'threadbare' lyrics.
It has high filigreed ceilings and 'threadbare' carpet, a winding native wood staircase, cracked stained glass.
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