: 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. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of no-frills was in 1948

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“No-frills.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-frills. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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