threadbare

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Synonyms: threadsafe

Antonyms: threadsafe

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Adjective

1. {{senseid|en|worn}} Of [[cloth]], [[clothing#Noun|clothing]], [[furnishing#Noun|furnishings]], etc.: [[fray#Adjective|frayed]] and [[worn#Adjective|worn]] to an [[extent]] that the [[nap#Noun|nap]] is [[damaged#Adjective|damaged]] and the [[warp#Noun|warp]] and [[weft]] [[thread#Noun|threads]] [[show#Verb|show]]; [[shabby]], [[worn-out]].
2. {{lb|en|figurative}}
3. {{lb|en|archaic|or|obsolete}} Of a [[person#Noun|person]]: [[wear#Verb|wearing]] [[clothes#Noun|clothes]] of threadbare ''({{senseno|en|worn}})'' [[material#Noun|material]]; hence, [[impoverished#Adjective|impoverished]], poor.

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