no-frills
adjective
: offering or providing only the essentials : not fancy, elaborate, or luxurious
a no-frills airline
Examples of no-frills in a Sentence
a low-cost, no-frills vacation during which we camped out and cooked our own meals
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This no-frills, lightweight muffin pan from Fat Daddio’s impressed our testers with its bakery-quality muffins.
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Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 June 2025
Sports Reference’s Simple Rating System is a no-frills team strength metric that blends a team’s regular season margin of victory or defeat with its schedule strength.
—Sam Settleman, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Popular among celebrities like Kate Middleton, Reese Witherspoon, and Scarlett Johansson, these no-frills sneakers are great for those who want comfortable footwear that doesn’t sacrifice style.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 20 June 2025
Here’s another no-frills drip coffee maker from OXO.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 20 June 2025
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Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 June 2025
Sports Reference’s Simple Rating System is a no-frills team strength metric that blends a team’s regular season margin of victory or defeat with its schedule strength.
—Sam Settleman, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Popular among celebrities like Kate Middleton, Reese Witherspoon, and Scarlett Johansson, these no-frills sneakers are great for those who want comfortable footwear that doesn’t sacrifice style.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 20 June 2025
Here’s another no-frills drip coffee maker from OXO.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for no-frills
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“No-frills.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-frills. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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