- threadbareness
- noun see threadbare
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
threadbareness
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Threadbareness — Thread bare ness, n. The state of being threadbare. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
threadbareness — noun The state or condition of being threadbare … Wiktionary
threadbareness — thread·bare·ness … English syllables
threadbareness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being threadbare … Useful english dictionary
threadbare — threadbareness, n. /thred bair /, adj. 1. having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc. 2. wearing threadbare clothes; shabby or poor: a threadbare old man. 3. meager, scanty, or poor: a… … Universalium
threadbare — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. having the nap worn off so that the thread shows ; shabby < threadbare clothes > b. wearing threadbare clothing ; very poor < took in threadbare relatives Russell Baker > c. barely adequate because of cheapness… … New Collegiate Dictionary
commonplace — n Commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, cliche mean an idea or expression lacking in originality or freshness. A commonplace is a stock idea or expression which is frequently little more than the obvious, conventional, and easy thing to think… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
truism — *commonplace, platitude, bromide, cliché Analogous words: triteness, threadbareness (see corresponding adjectives at TRITE): banality, jejuneness, inanity (see corresponding adjectives at INSIPID) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
indigence — n poverty, penury, destitution, impecun iousness, impecuniosity, beggary, pennilessness, neediness; insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation; distress, straits, difficulties, indebtedness; pauperism, pauper age, pauperdom, mendicancy, mendicity; hand… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
