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
  • Don’t Miss: The nearby Volcanic Tablelands, named for a cataclysmic volcanic eruption 750,000 years ago, draws rock climbers for its fantastic bouldering and desert rats for the austere landscape and petroglyph sites.
    Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
  • On or just before March 24, a quartet of Russian helicopters—two Mil Mi-8 transports and two Kamov Ka-52 gunships—landed at an austere base somewhere in Belgorod Oblast in western Russia.
    David Axe, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Will people be more open and accept that a simple, inexpensive date isn’t the sign of low effort but rather a reflection of the economy none of us asked for?
    Myisha Battle, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The simplest way, Studholme suggests, is to use one group of neutrals or a tone on tone graduation of the same color, such as Pigeon, Blue Gray, Muzzle and Cromarty from Farrow & Ball, for example.
    Ariel Okin, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Classic Deviled Eggs The filling for this no-frills deviled egg recipe is made with just the basics: mayonnaise, mustard, and sweet pickle relish.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Whirlpool vented electric dryer: on sale for $498 Original price: $699 For a no-frills, large dryer, the Whirlpool seven cubic foot dryer is currently less than $500.
    Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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  • The Falcons then made their deal with the Rams to select Tennessee outside linebacker James Pearce Jr. For the Rams, the mood at the end of the night was a stark contrast to last year.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Rheinmetall has soared 150% thanks largely to the German parliament’s commitment in March to create a fund to spend more than $500 million on defense and infrastructure over 12 years, a stark departure from the nation’s longstanding frugal spending policies.
    Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Spartan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spartan. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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