Threadbare and Unprecedented

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Threadbare adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.

Usage example: a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clichés

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Unprecedented is an antonym for threadbare.

Unprecedented adjective - Not known or experienced before.

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Threadbare is an antonym for unprecedented.

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Unprecedented and Threadbare. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/threadbare/unprecedented

Threadbare & Unprecedented. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/threadbare/unprecedented>.

Unprecedented or Threadbare. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/threadbare/unprecedented.

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