threadbare
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China saves an enormous amount—partly because its financial system is built that way, and partly because households, facing a threadbare social safety net, sock away cash for old age and for illness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Although England won the fourth Test in Melbourne, their first win in Australia for 14 years, their performances elsewhere were abject – a threadbare squad left ill-prepared for the demands of a tour down under.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Both Hole’s Courtney Love and Babes in Toyland’s Kat Bjelland claimed to be the first to perform in vintage, threadbare dresses with Peter Pan collars and puff sleeves, accessorized with knee socks and Mary Janes.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
"The farmers are the poorest people in Ivory Coast," he added, showing his threadbare clothes.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
She knew it was him by the sheepskin slippers, by the shape of his trousers, by the oversize threadbare sweater.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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