threadbare

adj.

[1]	frayed , banal , commonplace , worn (out) , worn to a frazzle , hackneyed , old-hat , ragged , moth-eaten , shopworn , stock , tattered , tatty , timeworn , tired , scruffy , shabby , trite , well-worn , seedy , torn , wretched , sorry , slovenly
[2]	trite , hackneyed , overused , overworked , reworked , stale , tired , stereotyped , commonplace , cliched , clich , -ridden , banal , prosaic , dull , monotonous , tedious , tiresome , boring , played out , (Colloq) old hat