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bare-bones

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Adjective

  1. Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential.
  2. Describes a computer sold preassembled, but without certain essential components, often a processor, memory, and hard drive.

Noun

  1. The essential elements of something; the minimum viable set of elements; especially when they are described without going into detail.

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