bare-boned
Lacking any excess
Bare-boned means stripped to essentials, lacking flesh or embellishment.
A bare-boned budget covers only necessities.
A bare-boned outline presents just the structural framework.
The image is of a skeleton with no meat on it—functional but minimal: The script was bare-boned, leaving actors to fill in the emotion.
Simplified to basics
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
no-frills · pared-down · lean · stark · simplified · barebones · unembellished · functional
Forming the base
- coreCentral essential portion
- basicFundamental in nature
- no-nonsenseSerious and efficient
- foundationalServing as a base
elemental · primary · underlying · bedrock · rudimentary · baseline · ground-level · root
stripped-down
Simplified to basics
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
streamlined · no-frills · pared-down · lean · stark · simplified · barebones · unembellished · functional · clean
fundamental
Forming the base
- coreCentral essential portion
- basicFundamental in nature
- no-nonsenseSerious and efficient
foundational · elemental · primary · underlying · bedrock · rudimentary · baseline · ground-level · root · backbone
meager
Deficient in quantity
insufficient · lacking · wanting · deficient · minimal · limited · scarce · skimpy · threadbare · inadequate
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
angular · rawboned · cadaverous · haggard · underfed · malnourished · scrawny · lanky · spare
bare-bonedfleshed out
Made more complete
elaborate · detailed · comprehensive · thorough · in-depth
bare-bonedornate
Elaborately decorated
embellished · elaborate · decorated · adorned · fancy
bare-bonedfleshy
Thick with soft tissue
plump · well-fed · corpulent · substantial · full-bodied
bare, boned, bone, barer, barest, barely, bareness, bares, baring