threadbare
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definition
adjective
shabby rooms with threadbare carpets
(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age.
example
The democratic pretences of the opposition have always been 'threadbare' .
But his eyes were still bright, and his 'threadbare' old khaki police uniform shirt still bore his many medals.
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.
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.
I had two dresses, one nightgown, three pair of undergarments and a thin, 'threadbare' cloak.
His friends treated his 'threadbare' bachelor apartment as a virtual drop-in centre.
Raised in Cardonald, Glasgow, Mullan and his seven siblings were working class misfits in a grand but 'threadbare' rented house.
The tables were chipped, the carpet is 'threadbare' , the seats have lost all their padding and comfort.
It has high filigreed ceilings and 'threadbare' carpet, a winding native wood staircase, cracked stained glass.
Their great old houses overflow with rough medieval furniture, 'threadbare' tapestries and religious relics worn smooth by the touch of generations.
The cap is certainly too 'threadbare' to be a public appearance prop.
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.
The bed had a thick straw pallet for mattress, and the sheets were 'threadbare' and grubby, but they had slept on worse.
He frequently appeared in a 'threadbare' and ragged cloak.
Once healthy, rich and famous, he now lives in a 'threadbare' apartment, forced to sell his sporting trophies to feed his drug habit.
Unfortunately, the Cole royal commission may also end up the perfect mechanism for destroying the already 'threadbare' authority of royal commissions.
Much more needs to be done if the already rickety and 'threadbare' credibility of the Church is ever going to be restored.
Christian conservatism and hysterical anti-communism formed the parties' 'threadbare' ideological framework and served to counterbalance various interests.
The credibility of two of the leading actors of American monetary policy today is somewhat 'threadbare' , to say the least.
Surprisingly, it is a greatly-crafted piece, but due to the formula being recycled continuously since its original appearance, the messages are now somewhat 'threadbare' , causing the play to lose its potency.
The grey carpets were 'threadbare' and the furniture was falling apart.
Initially, capitalist market conditions were introduced into Russia under a somewhat 'threadbare' banner of " democracy ".
You can rent rustic cabins with great views; while some are a bit 'threadbare' , they are all charming.
In the scramble to balance the books, the already 'threadbare' provision for non-critical cases could be stripped away.
The film is set in a 'threadbare' Australian ski resort at the fag-end of winter, well past the postcard stage.
The 'threadbare' carpets were covered by cheap rugs.
Hanford Burr's "Around the Fire" stories never grow old or 'threadbare' .
The clever, jazz-tinged arrangement of New Bond Street makes up for its 'threadbare' lyrics.
But the room wasn't sad and 'threadbare' , it was full of people.
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