bare bones

Example Sentences

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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

A: The chair drafted a bare bones skeleton of a treaty.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 25, 2024

Hoping for a positive result for Newcastle at SJP, but my word, we are down to bare bones.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024

Mudd told the soldiers the bare bones of what had happened: Two strangers on horseback arrived near daybreak, one had a broken leg, and he set the bone.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson