threadbare
raído
definition
adjective
shabby rooms with threadbare carpets
(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age.
translation of 'threadbare'
adjective
raído,
gastado,
poco convincente,
flojo,
trillado
example
He was issued with a thin mat and a 'threadbare' blanket and taken to the cell block.
Underneath were pictures of dockers' children in 'threadbare' clothes.
There is little a performer can do with such 'threadbare' material.
She stopped, then slowly walked over to stand in the middle of the large, round room, looking down at the 'threadbare' rug.
Bangkok has dozens of rather dreary, 'threadbare' hotels in the £10 - £30 range, while below and above that you can really get good value.
Unfortunately, the Cole royal commission may also end up the perfect mechanism for destroying the already 'threadbare' authority of royal commissions.
The film is set in a 'threadbare' Australian ski resort at the fag-end of winter, well past the postcard stage.
In the scramble to balance the books, the already 'threadbare' provision for non-critical cases could be stripped away.
Initially, capitalist market conditions were introduced into Russia under a somewhat 'threadbare' banner of " democracy ".
The tables were chipped, the carpet is 'threadbare' , the seats have lost all their padding and comfort.
There is nothing grim or 'threadbare' about either the building nor the attitude.
Sometimes this tale of interrupted promise swung on pitifully 'threadbare' evidence.
The democratic pretences of the opposition have always been 'threadbare' .
Christian conservatism and hysterical anti-communism formed the parties' 'threadbare' ideological framework and served to counterbalance various interests.
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 'threadbare' carpets were covered by cheap rugs.
But his eyes were still bright, and his 'threadbare' old khaki police uniform shirt still bore his many medals.
Much more needs to be done if the already rickety and 'threadbare' credibility of the Church is ever going to be restored.
My room is pretty 'threadbare' right now, but Rebecca promised that tomorrow we will go buy furniture for me.
The grey carpets were 'threadbare' and the furniture was falling apart.
Raised in Cardonald, Glasgow, Mullan and his seven siblings were working class misfits in a grand but 'threadbare' rented house.
He frequently appeared in a 'threadbare' and ragged cloak.
His friends treated his 'threadbare' bachelor apartment as a virtual drop-in centre.
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.
Sorry, but even in summer it feels a bit chilly there, like a 'threadbare' university club that only charter members find cozy.
But the room wasn't sad and 'threadbare' , it was full of people.
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 wind was bitter against his bare legs and feet, and it tore straight through his 'threadbare' clothing.
The bed had a thick straw pallet for mattress, and the sheets were 'threadbare' and grubby, but they had slept on worse.
The cap is certainly too 'threadbare' to be a public appearance prop.
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