bareboned
Lean and angular
Bareboned means reduced to essentials, stripped of extras or embellishment.
A bareboned budget covers only necessities.
A bareboned crew has the minimum staff needed to function.
The image is of a skeleton—just the structural framework without flesh.
Also spelled bare-boned or as two words.
Simplified to basics
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- pared-downSimplified by removal
- no-frillsWithout extras or embellishments
- leanLacking fat; incline
streamlined · unadorned · stark · spare · austere · spartan · skeletal · basic
stripped-down
Simplified to basics
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- pared-downSimplified by removal
- no-frillsWithout extras or embellishments
lean · streamlined · unadorned · stark · spare · austere · spartan · skeletal · basic · fundamental
empty
Holding nothing inside
- unfurnishedLacking furniture or fittings
- strippedHad coverings removed
- unclutteredFree from disorder
vacant · desolate · bleak · barren · stark · void · hollow · gutted · cleared · open
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
lanky · scrawny · wiry · sinewy · rawboned · cadaverous · haggard · undernourished · underfed · spindly