English-German translations for threadbare

• abgetragen
• abgewetzt
• fadenscheinig
  Im Bericht Brok wird der fadenscheinige Charakter der gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der EU entlarvt. in writing. (CS) Mr Brok's report exposes the threadbare nature of the EU's common foreign and security policy.
• verschlissen

Definition of threadbare

• shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show
• damaged or shabby
• wearing clothes of threadbare material

Related words

• thread
• threads
• threading
• multithreading
• multithreaded
• threadlike
• threadworm
• thready
• unthread