as in spartan
providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious
a low-cost, no-frills vacation during which we camped out and cooked our own meals
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Recent Examples of no-frills
See the full setlist here The music does a lot of the legwork, stadium-ready with massive, no-frills choruses begging to be sung back to him by hoards of devotees.
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Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
The IdeaPad Slim 3i is a no-frills touch laptop with the specs necessary for being productive throughout your school year with tasks like researching and writing papers, corresponding with teachers via email, and producing PowerPoints, notes, and more.
—PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Ultra-low-cost airlines are also challenged by larger rivals like United Airlines, American Airline and Delta Air Lines that have rolled out their own no-frills basic economy tickets but also offer customers bigger choices of destinations and other perks onboard like snacks and beverages.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
This no-frills recipe will be the star of any weekend breakfast.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
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Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
The IdeaPad Slim 3i is a no-frills touch laptop with the specs necessary for being productive throughout your school year with tasks like researching and writing papers, corresponding with teachers via email, and producing PowerPoints, notes, and more.
—PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Ultra-low-cost airlines are also challenged by larger rivals like United Airlines, American Airline and Delta Air Lines that have rolled out their own no-frills basic economy tickets but also offer customers bigger choices of destinations and other perks onboard like snacks and beverages.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
This no-frills recipe will be the star of any weekend breakfast.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-frills
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For Zander, who has spent three decades championing play as a form of healing, the solution lies in something deceptively simple: rediscovering the human joy of play.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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More than 1,000 works of art fill the interiors—from Frank Stella reliefs in the Rosewood’s private Hong Kong collection to two Maarten Baas clocks—enlivening the building’s original wood paneling, austere granite columns, and coffered ceilings.—
Siobhan Reid,
Vogue,
23 Aug. 2025
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Despite logistical challenges and austere conditions, military medicine drove rates of DNBI and deaths from severe battlefield wounds to the lowest levels in the history of warfare.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“No-frills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-frills. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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