Translations for „threadbare“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

threadbare ADJ

threadbare

رَثّ

threadbare (clothing)

بالٍ البالي

threadbare (clothing)

مُبْتَذَل

threadbare (clothing)

أَمْرَد

threadbare (clothing)

أَجْرَد

threadbare

threadbare

سَمِلَ

be threadbare VB

be threadbare

بَلِيَ

be threadbare

جَرِدَ

be threadbare

سَمَلَ الثّوْبُ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Live shows had a tendency to resemble hysteria; consequently only the occasional song would hold together as an elongated, threadbare jam.

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Natural weather cycles caused last season's threadbare snowfall and this winter's expected comeback.

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It only had threadbare amenities, and fans were forced to use port-a-potties.

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He would analyse a concert threadbare and point to both its positive and negative aspects.

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The prisoners were so poor that all they had to will were items such as flasks, soap and threadbare clothes.

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Threadbare squad and alleged player unrest is a recipe for disaster.

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His suits were threadbare but clean, his boots worn but well polished, and he still marched erectly.

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Reviews of the film included comments such as threadbare concoction, narcissism flourishing like ragweed and unctuous.

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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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The setting is wintrily provincial, the milieu lower middle-class, the style threadbare domestic.

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