bare-bones
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bare-bones
adjective more bare-bones · most bare-bones
- Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential. Meals on early space flights were bare-bones affairs; able to supply nutrition, but severely lacking in palatability.
- Describes a computer sold preassembled, but without certain essential components, such as a processor, memory, and hard drive. Emil bought a bare-bones rig and a new CPU at the computer show, then popped in his old hard drive.
Similar: austere, bare, bare-bones, bargain, basic, cheap, default, discreet, economy, elemental, elementary, essential, foundational, fundamental, incomplex, light, modest, plain, pure, restrained, rudimentary, run-of-the-mill, simple, slimline, spartan, standard, stripped down, stripped, uncomplicated, unembellished · Opposite: all singing, all dancing, deluxe, fully-loaded
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adjective
Similar: austere, bare, bare-bones, bargain, basic, cheap, default, discreet, economy, elemental, elementary, essential, foundational, fundamental, incomplex, light, modest, plain, pure, restrained, rudimentary, run-of-the-mill, simple, slimline, spartan, standard, stripped down, stripped, uncomplicated, unembellished · Opposite: all singing, all dancing, deluxe, fully-loaded
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adj minimalist
| Deutsch | minimalistisch, auf ein Minimum reduziert |
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| Italiano | essere all'osso |
Talk about this word "bare-bones." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bare-bones. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bare-bones. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bare-bones "bare-bones." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bare-bones.Cite this
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