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threadbare
adjective
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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ˈθɹɛdbɛə(ɹ)
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adjective
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
“His remarks were trite and commonplace”
adjective
Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
“Threadbare rugs”
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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 rugs
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