ready-made vs threadbare

ready-made

noun
  • A ready-made object. 

adj
  • Pre-existing or made previously and suitable for use without (further) preparation or modification; comparable with regard to the amount of preparation required. 

  • Made or prepared in advance and used regularly or habitually without original thought. 

  • Made in advance to a standard specification. 

threadbare

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

  • damaged or shabby 

  • wearing clothes of threadbare material 

  • banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed 

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