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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Al Messerschmidt / Getty Images file But Allred has also seemed to fashion his bid for senator after his time on the football field, as a no-frills, no-nonsense team player.
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Char Adams, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Cannonball won a gold and silver medal at this month's annual Great American Beer Festival competition, both for no-frills, easy-to-drink hoppy beers.
—John Frank, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
The Nectar Memory Foam is a no-frills mattress that offers ample pressure relief in most sleep positions.
—Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
In addition to creating a no-frills, few-fees experience, Southwest adopted a point-to-point routing system, allowing passengers to fly between cities without transferring, rather than the hub-and-spoke model, which requires fliers to stop over in another city.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Char Adams, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Cannonball won a gold and silver medal at this month's annual Great American Beer Festival competition, both for no-frills, easy-to-drink hoppy beers.
—John Frank, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
The Nectar Memory Foam is a no-frills mattress that offers ample pressure relief in most sleep positions.
—Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
In addition to creating a no-frills, few-fees experience, Southwest adopted a point-to-point routing system, allowing passengers to fly between cities without transferring, rather than the hub-and-spoke model, which requires fliers to stop over in another city.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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“No-frills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-frills. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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