as in sparse
including only what is most basic or needed
a bare-bones website a bare-bones wedding ceremony The hotel rooms are bare-bones.
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Recent Examples of bare-bones
The Senate blueprint is far more bare-bones than the House plan.
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Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The backstage area, open and bare-bones, felt a little like a YMCA locker room.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
The only drawback is that this Liva model is sold as a bare-bones kit, requiring installing components and an OS yourself.
—PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
After dropping off our bags and being greeted by our bare-bones crew — Marmion, as well as a skipper, a host, and a chef — our group of eight hiked up Mount Beattie, the first of many excursions in store for us that week.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
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Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The backstage area, open and bare-bones, felt a little like a YMCA locker room.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
The only drawback is that this Liva model is sold as a bare-bones kit, requiring installing components and an OS yourself.
—PCMAG, 10 Feb. 2025
After dropping off our bags and being greeted by our bare-bones crew — Marmion, as well as a skipper, a host, and a chef — our group of eight hiked up Mount Beattie, the first of many excursions in store for us that week.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bare-bones
Adjective
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Research on caterpillar venoms is still sparse enough that no new drugs have resulted yet, but venoms of other organisms have yielded some important therapies.—
Bob Holmes,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Feb. 2025
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His words, though often sparse and cryptic, usually mattered more than those of his counterparts, fueling a political mystique of infallibility.—
Megan Crepeau,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Now imagine how much more effective marketers may be at pitching to prospects—and their downstream audiences when sales conversations leap from mere thoughts to reality.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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By now, audiences have learned that mere hours past the seven-day deadline has crippling physical effects on Elisabeth's body, so when Sue is forced to switch bodies after several months, Elisabeth emerges unrecognizable.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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He was injured almost immediately in the fall of 2018 and didn’t return until February; by that time Cleveland was already in stage 1 of a painful (but, ultimately, short) rebuild.—
Joe Vardon,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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Some knobby with new growth, some short or gigantic, some suffering or shrunken, some reaching over paths and roads.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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To see the seven planets in the sky, it's recommended that viewers find a spot with minimal light pollution on a clear night.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The immediate financial impact of a single-day boycott is likely to be minimal, as consumers may compensate by purchasing more in the days before or after.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Bare-bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bare-bones. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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