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Wiktionary
- adj. Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential.
- adj. computing Describes a computer sold pre-assembled, but without certain essential components, often a processor, memory, and hard drive.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the absolute minimum necessary.
- adj. having only the absolute minimum necessary; having only the essential components.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (plural) the most basic facts or elements
Examples
“The filing was a so-called bare-bones petition where little more was filed by yesterday evening aside from the printed form and a list of creditors and shareholders.”
“I would design a somewhat bare-bones health insurance plan.”
Arlo's Single Payer Plan, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“I start with some bare-bones points that are already set, and I know what the ending needs to look like.”
“A focus on bare-bones, special-effects-free storytelling was at the core of the Dogme 95 group, with director Lars von Trier, in the late 1990s and 2000s.”
The Wall Street Journal: Why There's a Crowd Behind the Camera
“Though the region is rich in oil, southern Sudan has little running water, few paved roads and bare-bones health care.”
“At its global procurement office in the southern China boomtown of Shenzhen, Walmart makes representatives from surrounding factories sit together in a bare-bones waiting room before they get a chance to negotiate with the retailer's agents.”
The Huffington Post: Walmart Case: Supreme Court Aids The Powerful
“Griffin wound up heading a bare-bones customer support team of people numbered “in the low three figures,” many of them spread around the globe.”
“There he provided a bare-bones description of what his team had found in the Tinner records.”
“The shop screams simple, with seven tables, bare-bones décor and nearly naked walls.”
The Wall Street Journal: Crepes Meet Korean Barbecue in Food Truck Collision
“There is always an audience for primal, bare-bones rock'n'roll, something for which he had an instinctive feel.”
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