threadbare

/หˆฮธษนษ›dbษ›ษ™(ษน)/

IPA: /TH R EH1 D B EH0 R/

adjective
  1. 1

    (of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show

  2. 2

    Damaged or shabby

  3. 3

    (of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material

  4. 4

    Banal or clichรฉd; trite or hackneyed

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/threadbare