threadbare

/ˈθredbeər/ adjective

Translation

› Threadbare material or clothes are very thin because they have been used too much.

çok eskimiş, elek gibi, çok yıpranmış

a threadbare carpet19782266

(Definition of threadbare adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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