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In natural English speech, "threadbare" appears in contexts such as: "Russian system has to to play with um or again, you know, not at the crisis point that we might see in an Iran or a Venezuela, right? But they are very much more threadbare than they were 4 years ago. This brings us to the question of the deal ordinary Russians have with the Kremlin. Is it really as simple as Putin delivers stability and people stay out". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˈθɹɛdˌbɛ(ə)ɹ/

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Russian system has to to play with um or again, you know, not at the crisis point that we might see in an Iran or a Venezuela, right? But they are very much

more threadbare than they were 4 years ago.

This brings us to the question of the deal ordinary Russians have with the Kremlin. Is it really as simple as Putin delivers stability and people stay out

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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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