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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024thread•bare /ˈθrɛdˌbɛr/USA pronunciation adj. - having the top, as of a fabric, worn off so that the threads of the weave lay bare:a threadbare jacket.
- wearing threadbare clothes;
shabby or poor. - not having enough of something needed;
meager:That threadbare account of his told us too little of what was happening.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thread•bare (thred′bâr′),USA pronunciation adj. - having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
- wearing threadbare clothes;
shabby or poor:a threadbare old man. - meager, scanty, or poor:a threadbare emotional life.
- hackneyed;
trite;
ineffectively stale:threadbare arguments.
- Middle English thredbare. See thread, bare1 1325–75
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