threadbare

Etymology


From, , from (from , from , ultimately from ) + ,  (from , ultimately from , from ). The English word is analysable as.

Adjective

 * 1)  Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
 * 2) In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
 * 3) Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
 * 4)  Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare  material; hence, impoverished, poor.
 * 1) In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
 * 2) Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
 * 3)  Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare  material; hence, impoverished, poor.
 * 1) In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
 * 2) Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
 * 3)  Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare  material; hence, impoverished, poor.
 * 1) Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
 * 2)  Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare  material; hence, impoverished, poor.
 * 1) Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
 * 2)  Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare  material; hence, impoverished, poor.
 * 1) Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
 * 2)  Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare  material; hence, impoverished, poor.
 * 1)  Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare  material; hence, impoverished, poor.
 * 1)  Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare  material; hence, impoverished, poor.
 * 1)  Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare  material; hence, impoverished, poor.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: sürtük
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: gastat,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, nuhruinen,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish: ar an bhfáithim, barrchaite, lom, lomchaite, scáineach, scáinte, smolchaite
 * Latin: rallus
 * Macedonian: и́зносен, и́злижан
 * Nahuatl:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: loslitt
 * Plautdietsch: beschieet
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: lom
 * Slovene: zguljen
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: пошарпаний, потертий, зношений


 * Finnish: nuhruinen
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: loslitt