adjective · common

bare-bones

bare-bones · more bare-bones · most bare-bones

світлий, легкий

светлый, яркий, бледный

auf ein Minimum reduziert, minimalistisch

Minimalist; lacking that which is not essentialMinimalist; lacking that which is not essential.

Meaning

2 senses

(idiomatic)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.
minimalistisch, auf ein Minimum reduziert
(idiomatic)Describes a computer sold preassembled, but without certain essential components, such as 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.