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no-frills

Nō-frill
N n

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [noh fril]
    • /noʊ frɪl/
    • /nəʊ frɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noh fril]
    • /noʊ frɪl/

Definitions of no-frills word

  • adjective no-frills providing or including basic services and necessities without any additional features or amenities: Food and beverages are not covered by the low no-frills air fare. 1
  • abbreviation NO-FRILLS no-name. 1
  • adjective no-frills unadorned; simple; plain; spare: a straightforward, no-frills package of health-care benefits. 1
  • adjective no-frills offering only a basic service in order to keep costs low 0
  • adjective no-frills having few or no special services, luxuries, embellishments, etc. 0

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Origin of no-frills

First appearance:

before 1955
One of the 4% newest English words
First recorded in 1955-60

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for No-frills

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

no-frills popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% 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.

Synonyms for no-frills

noun no-frills

  • bare bones — The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details.
  • bare-bones — Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential.
  • basic — You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend.

Top questions with no-frills

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