Threadbare

threadbare

Pronunciation: ⁄ˈθrɛdbɛː⁄

adjective

·              (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age:tatty rooms with threadbare carpets

·   (of a person, building, or room) poor or shabby in appearance:we huddle round a cassette deck in a threadbare rehearsal room

·   (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective:the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés