bare-bones

Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ, is contractually obligated to broadcast the games but will do so in bare-bones fashion, with no commentary, punditry or advertising.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 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

Its bare bones prose and electrifying pictures preserve, honor and celebrate the people, places and ideas responsible for Rosales’ sentimental education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

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

“I mean, I know the bare bones of it from Zack, but I want to hear it from you.”

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass