bare-bones

Because they don’t have brick-and-mortar operations, like banks, they can crop up with bare-bones business infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

Over seven decades, the American discount chain built a 21,000-store juggernaut on a simple formula: Go where Walmart won’t, keep stores bare-bones and sell cheap staples to people stretching their paychecks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

They lived on bare-bones rations and were always hungry.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

Promotional materials for Neighbors First are mostly bare bones.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 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

“There’s been an investment in education here, above and beyond bare bones, and it paid off,” he said.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove