threadbare

adjectives

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'"
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
"threadbare rugs"
threadbare
is similar to
affected by wear; damaged by long use
"worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
worn