threadbare
adjectiveHaving the nap worn down so that the filling or warp threads show through; frayed or shabby.
Wearing old, shabby clothing.
Overused to the point of being worn out; hackneyed.
Having the thread bare; worn so that the nap is lost and the thread is visible, either wholly or in certain parts: said of a piece of textile fabric, as in a garment, or of the garment itself.
Wearing threadbare clothes; shabby; seedy.
