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▸ adjective:  Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
▸ adjective:  (figurative)
▸ adjective:  In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
▸ adjective:  Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
▸ adjective:  (archaic or obsolete) Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare (sense 1) material; hence, impoverished, poor.

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