minimalist vs threadbare

minimalist

adj
  • Believing in or seeking a minimal state; seeking to minimize or reduce to a minimum. 

noun
  • One who believes in or seeks a minimal state; one who seeks to minimize or reduce to a minimum. 

threadbare

adj
  • banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed 

  • shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show 

  • damaged or shabby 

  • wearing clothes of threadbare material 

How often have the words minimalist and threadbare occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )