no-frills

English

Alternative forms

• no frills

Pronunciation

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Adjective

no-frills (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) basic or simple; providing only what is necessary, without anything extra or fancy

   He rented a no-frills apartment and cooked his own meals.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:bare-bones

Translations

basic or simple

• German: ohne Schnickschnack
• Hungarian: fapados
• Italian: senza fronzoli
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• Russian: без изли́шеств (bez izlíšestv), (colloquial) без наворо́тов (bez navorótov), (colloquial) без прибамба́сов (bez pribambásov), (colloquial) без свисте́лок и перде́лок (bez svistélok i perdélok)
• Swedish: utan krusiduller