bare-bones

Citizens who aren’t likely to notice when their local newspaper becomes a bit more bare-bones, or that the already byzantine healthcare system becomes slightly harder to navigate, will definitely notice when their lunch gets worse.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Numbers are rounded and intended to represent a comfortable lifestyle, rather than a bare-bones budget.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The bare-bones production, designed by Cameron Anderson with costumes by Ulises Alcala, was efficiently directed by Crystal Manich.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Launched in 1992, the company is responsible for the "Spirit Effect" in which bare-bones service opens up travel to a broader slate of customers otherwise priced out of the market.

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

The door was surrounded by things like cabling, hooks and the plates that linked the bare-bones machinery of the door hydraulics with the more aesthetic wall coverings of the large cargo room.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

Its bare bones prose and electrifying pictures preserve, honor and celebrate the people, places and ideas responsible for Rosales’ sentimental education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Focaccia has become de facto sandwich bread or makeshift pizza crust elsewhere in Italy, but it tends to be bare bones in Genoa, where it has been made since the Middle Ages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Down to the bare bones due to a host of injuries, Roma moved into third thanks to quickfire late goals from Manu Kone and Matias Soule which broke Sassuolo's brave resistance.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

If you have already cut your budget to the bare bones, it may be time for another tactic: negotiation.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024

I get the bare bones of this from my parents over the beef stew.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood