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[ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Examples "bromidic sermons" "his remarks were trite and commonplace" "hackneyed phrases" "a stock answer" "repeating threadbare jokes" "parroting some timeworn axiom" "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)These trumps were more touching than they were anything else , and seemed to imply that the nights were long , her children ungrateful , and her marriage bewilderingly threadbare . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Examples "bromidic sermons" "his remarks were trite and commonplace" "hackneyed phrases" "a stock answer" "repeating threadbare jokes" "parroting some timeworn axiom" "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
Examples "threadbare rugs" Related terms |
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