pared-back
Reduced to essentials
Pared-back describes something reduced to essentials, stripped of excess or ornamentation.
A pared-back design favors clean lines over decoration.
A pared-back budget cuts nonessential spending.
The term comes from paring—trimming away outer layers as with fruit: The pared-back production let the performances shine.
Simplified to basics
- simplifiedMade less complex
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- unclutteredFree from disorder
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
clean · bare · austere · understated · restrained · unfussy · no-frills · essential
Made more compact
- editedAltered for improvement
- shortenedMade more concise
- abridgedReduced in length
- trimmedCut to neaten
concise · tightened · compressed · succinct · distilled · whittled · pruned · refined
Made less in amount
- cutSeverance or reduction
- trimmedCut to neaten
- scaled-downReduced proportionally
- slashedCut with force
downsized · curtailed · diminished · economized · tightened · pruned · shaved · lowered
stripped-down
Simplified to basics
- simplifiedMade less complex
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- unclutteredFree from disorder
sparse · clean · bare · austere · understated · restrained · unfussy · no-frills · essential · basic
condensed
Made more compact
trimmed · concise · tightened · compressed · succinct · distilled · whittled · pruned · refined · polished
reduced
Made less in amount
- cutSeverance or reduction
- trimmedCut to neaten
- scaled-downReduced proportionally
slashed · downsized · curtailed · diminished · economized · tightened · pruned · shaved · lowered · contracted
pared-backornate
Elaborately decorated
elaborate · embellished · decorative · ornamental · baroque
pared-backexcessive
Surpassing reasonable bounds
overloaded · bloated · extravagant · maximal · maximalist
pared-backintricate
Elaborately detailed, many parts
elaborate · complicated · complex · convoluted · cluttered
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