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

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

Realism is achieved not through bare-bones scenic furniture but through the combustible relationships of characters who exist with one another in a purgatory of disillusionment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 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

Architect Dr Rachel O'Grady, who specialises in urban strategy, told BBC News NI "the bare bones of a really excellent city is there".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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

But there was no sound team, no makeup, no construction — just the bare bones of what it takes to make something.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024

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

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood