bare-bones

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adjective

ˈber-ˈbōnz How to pronounce bare-bones (audio)

: including only what is most basic or necessary

a bare-bones email program

Skyscrapers of steel hung with curtain walls of glass, these sleek buildings were impressive monuments to bare-bones architectural integrity.

C. A. Mills

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Plural noun

Some ways to solve this issue include leveraging autofill capabilities, reducing the steps needed to get to the checkout, and asking only for ‘bare bones’ data.

Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 This bare bones edition is certainly fine and will get you through many a meal.

Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 28 June 2022 Several airlines offer low-price, bare bones tickets that only afford you one personal item in the cabin.

Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 24 June 2022 If your bare bones monthly expenses total $3,000, having an emergency fund for three months would mean saving $9,000.

Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 At the time, it was said that Apple’s implementation of an Always-On display would be bare bones.

Yoni Heisler, BGR, 24 May 2022 It was designed as a small, bare bones delivery van.

Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022 The series follows Tanner and his campaign from New Hampshire all the way through to the 1988 Democratic convention, with the bare bones of each episode’s cameo-heavy plot sketched out in response to the real events of the primaries.

Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2022 So what are like the bare bones of a traditional Hindu wedding?

Quartz Staff, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1868, in the meaning defined above

Plural Noun

1647, in the meaning defined above

单词	bare-bones
释义	bare-bones 1 of 2 adjective ˈber-ˈbōnz : including only what is most basic or necessary a bare-bones email program Skyscrapers of steel hung with curtain walls of glass, these sleek buildings were impressive monuments to bare-bones architectural integrity. C. A. Mills bare bones 2 of 2 plural noun : the barest essentials, facts, or elements the bare bones of her life Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Plural noun Some ways to solve this issue include leveraging autofill capabilities, reducing the steps needed to get to the checkout, and asking only for ‘bare bones’ data. Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 This bare bones edition is certainly fine and will get you through many a meal. Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 28 June 2022 Several airlines offer low-price, bare bones tickets that only afford you one personal item in the cabin. Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 24 June 2022 If your bare bones monthly expenses total $3,000, having an emergency fund for three months would mean saving $9,000. Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 At the time, it was said that Apple’s implementation of an Always-On display would be bare bones. Yoni Heisler, BGR, 24 May 2022 It was designed as a small, bare bones delivery van. Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022 The series follows Tanner and his campaign from New Hampshire all the way through to the 1988 Democratic convention, with the bare bones of each episode’s cameo-heavy plot sketched out in response to the real events of the primaries. Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2022 So what are like the bare bones of a traditional Hindu wedding? Quartz Staff, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use Adjective 1868, in the meaning defined above Plural Noun 1647, in the meaning defined above bare-bones adjective 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. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance sparse mere minimal short meager small skimpy bare lowest scant lacking poor inadequate scanty sterile slender scarce slim littlest insufficient spare sparing skimp stingy light hand-to-mouth exiguous thin least deficient niggardly wanting slightest slight barren unfruitful unproductive infertile Antonyms & Near Antonyms adequate sufficient satisfactory enough rich tolerable lavish fertile prolific fruitful fat extra luxuriant excess flourishing ample thriving bursting fecund abundant generous surplus copious liberal plentiful bountiful proliferative teeming swarming blooming plenteous See More
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bare-bones

adjective

plural noun

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adjective