no-frills
adjective
: 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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Beyond that the Eufy is a no-frills robot vacuum, with 100 minutes of battery life, a remote control, quiet suction power, but no voice or phone functionality.
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Carlos Mejia, PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
The George Foreman Grill is a monument to no-frills industrial design.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
Here’s another no-frills drip coffee maker from OXO.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Curated by Michelle Kuo with Dana Liljegren, Eana Kim, David Sledge, and Kiko Aebi, the Whitten show is the kind of no-frills retrospective that MoMA does best.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Carlos Mejia, PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
The George Foreman Grill is a monument to no-frills industrial design.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
Here’s another no-frills drip coffee maker from OXO.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
Curated by Michelle Kuo with Dana Liljegren, Eana Kim, David Sledge, and Kiko Aebi, the Whitten show is the kind of no-frills retrospective that MoMA does best.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for no-frills
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“No-frills.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-frills. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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