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Bare-bones

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  1. 1
    Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential. idiomatic

    "Meals on early space flights were bare-bones affairs; able to supply nutrition, but severely lacking in palatability."

  2. 2
    Describes a computer sold preassembled, but without certain essential components, such as a processor, memory, and hard drive. idiomatic

    "Emil bought a bare-bones rig and a new CPU at the computer show, then popped in his old hard drive."

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