bare-bones
Example Sentences
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Promotional materials for Neighbors First are mostly bare bones.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
While Avast Secureline VPN provides the basics, its offering is pretty bare bones compared to other VPN services out there.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 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
Other operators he's spoken to "really are on their bare bones," as some ran out of Guinness on Friday night, he says.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024
When Brekker finished explaining the bare bones of the situation, Rollins shrugged and said, “You got double-crossed. You want my advice, give Kuwei to Van Eck and be done with it.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
