bare-boned

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bare-boned (comparative more bare-boned, superlative most bare-boned)

  1. (of a person) Slim; not fleshy; very lean; emaciated.
    Synonym: raw-boned
  2. (figurative) Very basic; having only the essentials and nothing else.
    Synonyms: meager, minuscule