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
Close out the night by drinking a beer or two with locals at Shagwong Tavern, a no-frills bar in the center of the village that’s been open since 1936.
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Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
Last year, Amazon launched Saver, a no-frills lineup of household staples mostly priced under $5.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
With its gold hardware, the timeless style is classic and simple for a no-frills option that’s sure to fit in most of your handbags.
—Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
The no-frills matching set features a comfy quarter-zip pullover sweatshirt and coordinating wide-leg pants.
—Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
Last year, Amazon launched Saver, a no-frills lineup of household staples mostly priced under $5.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
With its gold hardware, the timeless style is classic and simple for a no-frills option that’s sure to fit in most of your handbags.
—Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
The no-frills matching set features a comfy quarter-zip pullover sweatshirt and coordinating wide-leg pants.
—Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-frills
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Made the short walk back down the hill, sat in the spartan dorm room that was my home for the next nine months.—
Sarah Chamberlain,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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With ski season only a few weeks away, the Vail Pass rest area reopened to the public on Tuesday with a bigger, better building that replaced a spartan structure built in 1980.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Strufe adds that while intelligence agencies or cybercriminals have simpler ways to monitor people – such as accessing CCTV cameras or video doorbells – the widespread presence of wireless networks could eventually form a near-comprehensive surveillance infrastructure.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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The simplest way to find influential people in a network is called degree centrality—just count the number of connections for each person.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Row continued its domination in austere accessories.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Next, while the Negroni calls upon the voluptuous fruit, herbs, and (sometimes) vanilla from sweet vermouth, the Remember the Alimony uses the far more austere fino sherry, nutty and bone dry, as its fortified wine component.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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“No-frills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-frills. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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