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Translations for „threadbare“ in the Portuguese » English Dictionary (Go to English » Portuguese)

puído (-a)
threadbare
gasto (-a) roupa
threadbare

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The jokes of "opera buffa" were threadbare and the repetition of the same characters made them seem no more than stereotypes.
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At least the implications of it were not discussed threadbare as they should have been.
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What you have here is an unending parade of threadbare anime tropes predictably matched by bland characters.
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Its jokes were threadbare and the repetition of the same characters made them seem no more than stereotypes.
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It only had threadbare amenities, and fans were forced to use port-a-potties.
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It was gray, dusty, fetid and so threadbare in parts that cleaning it was like trying to vacuum concrete.
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He would analyse a concert threadbare and point to both its positive and negative aspects.
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From its title to its threadbare plot to its community-access-level production values, the film reeks of crass exploitation.
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People can not be expected to revert to threadbare myths, he implies.
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To develop so strong a brand on so conspicuously threadbare a rationale is hugely creative - revolutionary even.
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