bareboned

bare·boned

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bair-bohnd]
- /ˈbɛərˌboʊnd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bair-bohnd]
- /ˈbɛərˌboʊnd/

Definitions of bareboned word

adjective bareboned short of resources 3
adjective bareboned not detailed 3
adjective bareboned lean or spare, as a person. 1
adjective bareboned emaciated; gaunt: bareboned victims of a terrible famine. 1
adjective bareboned (of a person) slim; not fleshy; very lean; emaciated. 0

See all 5 definitions of bareboned

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Origin of bareboned

First appearance:

before 1590

One of the 37% oldest English words

1590-1600; bare1 + boned, from the earlier use bare-bones or bare-bone a lean person

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Parts of speech for Bareboned

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Bareboned

bareboned popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

bareboned usage trend in Literature

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