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 departures come as the carrier works to move away from its no-frills image and rebrand itself as a premium airline.
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Aatreyee Dasgupta, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The director’s insistence on no-frills digital photography adds to the grittiness of the images, rendering them profoundly real.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 30 Mar. 2025
At the Crab Claw, a no-frills waterfront seafood shack on the Eastern Shore, the crab cakes come broiled or fried (your choice), but are always packed with blue crab meat and little else.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Back in the day, the musician frequented the venerated Capitol institution Ben’s Chili Bowl, the kind of beloved, no-frills joint with walls covered in decades of celebrity candids.
—James Factora, Them, 24 Mar. 2025
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Aatreyee Dasgupta, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The director’s insistence on no-frills digital photography adds to the grittiness of the images, rendering them profoundly real.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 30 Mar. 2025
At the Crab Claw, a no-frills waterfront seafood shack on the Eastern Shore, the crab cakes come broiled or fried (your choice), but are always packed with blue crab meat and little else.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Back in the day, the musician frequented the venerated Capitol institution Ben’s Chili Bowl, the kind of beloved, no-frills joint with walls covered in decades of celebrity candids.
—James Factora, Them, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for no-frills
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“No-frills.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-frills. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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