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Discover LudwigThe phrase "bare bones" is correct and can be used in written English.
The phrase is typically used to describe something that is reduced to its absolute essentials, without any additional features or details. For example, "I'm submitting the proposal in its bare bones form; I can add more details later if necessary."
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bare bones
noun
The essential elements of something, described without going into detail.
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It was bare bones.
That was the bare bones of it.
The décor is bare bones.
"The documentation is very bare bones".
Our world shrank to the bare bones.
The archive's website is bare bones.
You know, it was bare bones".
The business model is bare bones.
Consider the bare bones of his story.
The studio is bare bones and funky.
"It's basically bare bones," he said.
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