Complete Definition of "bare-bones"

English

Adjective
en-adj

  1. minimalist|Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential.

#:Meals on early space flights were bare-bones affairs; able to supply nutrition, but severely lacking in palatability.

  1. computing Describes a computer sold pre-assembled, but without certain essential components, often a processor, memory, and hard drive.

#:Emil bought a bare-bones rig and a new CPU at the computer show, then popped in his old hard drive.

Synonyms
;only the essentials: no-frills, skeleton

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