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threadbare
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tired, overused, or lacking in freshness or originality
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most threadbare
Comparative
more threadbare
gradable
Examples
The politician 's threadbare excuses for his absence failed to convince the voters, who saw through his insincerity.
Lexical Tree
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