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barest

adjective as in without clothing

adjective as in without covering or content

adjective as in simple, unadorned

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Example Sentences

Only the barest majority, 51 percent, says Obama is in touch with the concerns of most Americans.

While this helped him, Sizemore adds with just the barest glimmer of pride, "I wouldn't need that type of threat now."

Only the barest pragmatism will ring true, and then only if the person is receptive, which this user clearly wasn't.

Robert is very well in a way, to give up all the money he can earn to the family, and keep the barest pittance for himself.

The light that came through the machine's iris was faint at first, the barest glimmer of white in deep darkness.

In fine weather there is always a charm about the seaside, even on the barest and least picturesque coast.

They existed for the barest fraction of a second, then vanished.

But the barest prudence told him that he should make haste for the open.

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On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to barest, such as: naked, uncovered, bald, exposed, stripped, and unclad.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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