If you describe something such as a book, film, or song as a retread, you mean that it contains ideas or elements that have been used before, and that it is not very interesting or original.
[disapproval]
His last book was a retread of tired material. [+ of]
2. countable noun
A retread is an old tyre which has been given a new surface or tread and can be used again.
retread in British English
verb (riːˈtrɛd)Word forms: -treads, -treading or -treaded
1. (transitive) another word for remould (sense 2)
noun (ˈriːˌtrɛd)
2. another word for remould (sense 3)
3. Australian and New Zealand informal
a pensioner who has resumed employment, esp in a former profession
4.
a film, piece of music, etc, which is a superficially altered version of an earlier original
retread in American English
(riˈtrɛd; for n. ˈriˌtrɛd)
verb transitive
1.
recap1
noun
2.
recap1
3. US, Slang
a person who is called back or returns to service, esp. military service
Examples of 'retread' in a sentence
retread
His brown eyes smoldered with a carefully masked contempt for Broker that conveyed: geezer, retread, crony.