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The phrase "austere instructions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe instructions that are strict, severe, or lacking in embellishment or comfort.
Example: "The teacher provided austere instructions for the exam, leaving no room for questions or clarifications."
Alternatives: "strict guidelines" or "severe directions".
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The new app also has descriptions of every variety — the Do-si-dos peanut butter sandwiches, the caramel Samoas, the Thank U Berry Munch — darling names that are undercut by austere instructions, written in the voice of a precocious scout: "We know we're cute, but selling cookies is real.
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ashtanga.org Swiss born Usha Devi is a strict adherent of BKS Iyengar and his famously precise but therapeutic style, and the ashram in which she teaches, on the banks of the Ganges just outside Rishikesh, is as functional and austere as her instruction is straight from the source.
But austerity seems much less austere if you are old.
These are austere times.
"Really austere.
Austere, yes.
It's very austere".
Right now, they are austere.
They are austere & not artistic.
Austere his work is not.
— Eric Asimov The Huffington Post: Austere?
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