āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
threadbare
/θɚËÉdbeâÉ/
threadbare
01
āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ
tired, overused, or lacking in freshness or originality
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After years of neglect, the once-thriving neighborhood had become threadbare, with boarded-up shops and crumbling infrastructure.
āĻ
āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§, āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻ¸āĻšāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The threadbare carpet in the hallway needed replacing after years of heavy foot traffic.
āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻĄā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
threadbare
thread
bare
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
