Definition of BARE-BONES

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Recent Examples on the Web: Plural noun Thanks to some clever knife skills, all the meat on the wing is pushed to the top, leaving one end with just bare bone. — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, "Forget Buffalo wings — Korean fried chicken is better," 22 Mar. 2018 His freshman season was bare bones in terms of stats (1.5 points and 1.1 rebounds in 21 games) and minutes (9.6 per game) and highlights (his season high of 14 came in an exhibition game). — Tom Noie, Indianapolis Star, "Crossroads Classic matchup with Notre Dame just another game for IU's Damezi Anderson," 20 Dec. 2019 Scientists can also use bones, but a suspect isn’t likely to leave a bare bone behind. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, "Science Can Now Find You With Just a Tiny Piece of Hair," 24 Nov. 2019 Those are the bare bones of Arctic, which draws its magnetic pull from both Mikkelsen's expressive, heartbreaking performance as well as the overpowering might of the conditions around him. — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, "What to Watch (and Skip) in Theaters and on Streaming Platforms This Weekend," 22 Nov. 2019 The airline's bare bones fare, which used to be the only option and comes with just one personal item that fits underneath the seat, is now called Allegiant Basic. — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, "No-frills Allegiant Air adds tickets with frills (for a fee)," 14 Nov. 2019 It’s [about] getting back into the footwork, hand placement, the bare bones technique [stuff] from a football standpoint. — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, "Dolphins expect reinforcements from PUP list and injured reserve, but which players?," 25 Oct. 2019 After the sale of Kieran Trippier to Atletico Madrid in July, Tottenham are down to the bare bones in the right-back position. — SI.com, "Kyle Walker-Peters Tipped For Loan Move to Tottenham's Premier League Rivals," 16 Oct. 2019 Many of the stories that appear on OAN are bare bones, straight news — particularly the crime, business and international headlines sourced from wire services. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "One America News counts Trump as a fan. But the San Diego channel is fighting for millions more viewers," 27 Sep. 2019

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“Bare-bones.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bare-bones. Accessed 29 January 2020.