threadbare
thread|bare /θr'edbeər/
1 [ADJ]
Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much.
She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.
= worn
2 [ADJ]
If you describe an activity, an idea, or an argument as threadbare, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting.
...the government's threadbare domestic policies.
1 [ADJ]
Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much.
She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.
= worn
2 [ADJ]
If you describe an activity, an idea, or an argument as threadbare, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting.
...the government's threadbare domestic policies.