Meaning of wear thin | Babel Free
Equivalents
العربية
داب
Español
agotarse
Русский
изнашиваться
износи́ться
иссякать
иссякнуть
истоща́ться
истощи́ться
протере́ться
протира́ться
Türkçe
erimek
Examples
“Your jocose wisecracks have⟳ already worn thin.”
“Women and gay people, for example, can start⟳ to live⟳ more freely with the breakdown of patriarchal and heterosexist institutions, while workers and people of color are able to challenge⟳ the economics of poverty and the ideology of racism as the rationales behind those notions continue⟳ to wear⟳ ever thinner.”
“Continuing his recent stern rhetoric, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg told reporters in Stockholm that many have⟳ worked hard to help⟳ Latvia deal⟳ with its severe economic recession but that patience is wearing thin.”
“[T]he ‘fun’ factor may be in part attributable the novelty of the feedback mechanism, and the sense⟳ of fun might wear⟳ thin after longer exposure to the feedback method.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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