Definition of "bare-bones" in English

Adjective

1. Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential.

   • Meals on early space flights were bare-bones affairs; able to supply nutrition, but severely lacking in palatability.

2. Describes a computer sold preassembled, but without certain essential components, such as a processor, memory, and hard drive.

   • Emil bought a bare-bones rig and a new CPU at the computer show, then popped in his old hard drive.