threadbare
/ˈθrɛdbɛː/
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American sound/ˈθrɛdbɛː/
threadbare
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thread - bare -> threadbare
Myanmar meaning
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threadbare /'θredbeǝ(r)/ adj
၁။ နွမ်းရိပါးလိုက်နေသော။ a threadbare carpet/ coat.
၂။ ဖန်တစ်ရာတေပြီဖြစ်သော။ မခိုင်လုံသော။ a threadbare argument/ plot.
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worn, ragged, tattered, shabby, thin, frayed, scruffy, banal, bathetic, beat up, boring, cliché, cliché-ridden, clichéd, clichéd, common, commonplace, conventional, corny, damaged, dilapidated, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, dull, everyday, faded, familiar, frowzy, hackneyed, imitative, impaired, ineffective, injured, moth-eaten, musty, old, overused, poor, ratty, run-down, seedy, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, tacky, tatty, tedious, timeworn, tired, trite, uncreative, used, used-up, well-worn, worn-out, worse for wear
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