spartan

as in austere
providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious accommodations on the windjammer are spartan but clean and comfortable nevertheless

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Adjective
  • This austere throwback is fated to be forever known as the movie in which its star accidentally fired a gun with a live round and fatally wounded a crew member.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • The walls of these rooms accomplish a kind of muting of her aura, a place where veneration feels austere or regimented by bureaucracy.
    Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Style them with a simple tank for a casual day out, or add a blazer and ballet flats for a more polished airport look.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025
  • While rectal cancers can be detected with a simple MRI scan, other cancer types are more difficult.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • New automaker Slate unveils a no-frills, stripped down electric truck for under $30K Tyson Jominy, vice president of data and analytics at J.D. Power, said wagons, like the forgotten minivan, have been unfairly maligned by U.S. motorists.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 3 May 2025
  • The upper is made of a soft, flexible knit material, with a slim, no-frills strap to keep feet secure.
    Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Through multiple social media posts, Richard drew attention to the stark contrast between his own training gear and the conditions faced by athletes at Clon Circus.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • The content thrives in stark contrast to the dark online world of the manosphere and offers an alternative to misogyny (awesome, right?).
    Sam Woodward, USA Today, 3 May 2025
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“Spartan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spartan. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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