adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic
sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace";
"hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating
threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom";
"the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock(a), timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn]
2: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through;
"threadbare rugs"