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NO-FRILLS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does no-frills mean?
• NO-FRILLS (adjective)
The adjective NO-FRILLS has 1 sense:
1. characterized by the absence of inessential features
Familiarity information: NO-FRILLS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by the absence of inessential features
Context example:
he got a no-frills introduction to the job
Similar:
essential (basic and fundamental)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Context examples
No matter what you happen to be working on, keep in mind that Capricorn is a no-frills earth sign, so the emphasis will be on stripping your ideas down to core elements and sticking to facts and objectives.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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