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How to pronounce“threadbare”in English

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In natural English speech, "threadbare" appears in contexts such as: "I wanna point out one little thing. These guys are the sole providers for their communities. They're the guys who wear that uniform, threadbare as it is, with pride. They make a little bit money from the few tourists who've come there and they take that money back in their village. They make about a hundred dollars a month.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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IPA/ˈθɹɛdˌbɛ(ə)ɹ/

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I wanna point out one little thing. These guys are the sole providers for their communities.

They're the guys who wear that uniform, threadbare as it is, with pride. They make a little bit money from the few tourists who've come there and they take that money back in their village.

They make about a hundred dollars a month.

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adjective

Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.

“His life vvas nigh vnto deaths dore yplaſte, / And thred-bare cote, and cobled ſhoes hee vvare, […]”

adjective

In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.

“Welth and wyt, I say, be so threde bare worne, / That all is without measure, and fer beyonde the mone.”

Synonyms:awanting deficient dismal exiguous

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