"no-frills" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-no-frills.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=no-frills}} no-frills (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Basic or simple; providing only what is necessary, without anything extra or fancy. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: no frills Translations (basic or simple): perus- (Finnish), halpis- (Finnish), ohne Schnickschnack [informal] (German), fapados (Hungarian), senza fronzoli (Italian), без изли́шеств (bez izlíšestv) (Russian), без наворо́тов (bez navorótov) [colloquial] (Russian), без прибамба́сов (bez pribambásov) [colloquial] (Russian), без свисте́лок и перде́лок (bez svistélok i perdélok) [colloquial] (Russian), utan krusiduller (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-no-frills-en-adj-NVt8I4Zx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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