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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The Nectar Memory Foam is a no-frills mattress that offers ample pressure relief in most sleep positions.
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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
This new Mustang keeps with the pony car’s tradition of being (generally) no-frills.
—Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
The hybrid approach allows for different creative opportunities: Experts Only parties, for instance, offer no-frills production and let Summit stay close to his audience and test new music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
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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
This new Mustang keeps with the pony car’s tradition of being (generally) no-frills.
—Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
The hybrid approach allows for different creative opportunities: Experts Only parties, for instance, offer no-frills production and let Summit stay close to his audience and test new music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
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“No-frills.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-frills. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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