threadbarity

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noun

Threadbareness.

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Meanings

nounthreadbarity (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThreadbareness.

    The unsuccessful artist, certainly, is sometimes a most picturesque creature. So is the model. The rags and duds and threadbarity too often enter largely into the picturesque.

    1892, Sir Walter Besant, The Ivory Gate, page 68
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    […] and you will find yourself wondering if it could be true, that a town could join in such spontaneous holiday, […] despite tuberculosis, despite threadbarity, despite pennilessness […]

    2015, Jean LeBlanc, Skating in Concord, page 79

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
threadbareness

Origin

From threadbare + -ity.

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APA

threadbarity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threadbarity

MLA

“threadbarity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threadbarity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “threadbarity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threadbarity.

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