bare
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3.5
- adjective
- /bɛr/
- This should be a bare minimum, yet too often we're falling short.
- the bare minimum
- bare-bones
- a bare majority
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Watch on YouTubeSo we took what we felt was the bare minimum starting point.
- So we took what we felt was the bare minimum starting point.
- And so I mean, that's kind of like the bare minimum to keep this going.
- It's a guy who thinks that the bare minimum is acceptable.
- Work your way down until you're using the bare minimum product.
- That's not a feature, that's the bare minimum.
- So I've kind of just been doing the bare minimum to keep myself going.
- Now let's introduce our bare minimum system.
- There's nothing mandating that they even meet a bare minimum standard of cybersecurity and that's it.
- And so this is probably sort of the bare bottom level of recording.
- So you do owe an apology bare minimum.
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It's like doing the bare minimum at work.
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And so I mean, that's kind of like the bare minimum to keep this going.
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So we took what we felt was the bare minimum starting point.
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But really for this, I want to use the truly the bare minimum.
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But history tells us that bringing anyone to practice involves a bare minimum investment of $100 million each.
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Now let's introduce our bare minimum system.
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A degree stands for, at the bare minimum, a certain list of achievements.
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So she's just paying the bare minimum on their credit cards.
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So I've kind of just been doing the bare minimum to keep myself going.
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To pass the exam, you only need to achieve the bare minimum score of 50%.
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1.0
Only the basic fact or thing
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3.3
Very small in amount or degree
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4.8
Too small in amount or quality to be enough
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5.5
A small amount that is barely enough
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4.2
Very simple, with only the basic parts that are needed
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3.9
Simple and plain with very little extra
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4.8
Has only the basic parts and no extra features
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6.1
Being very simple and having only the basic parts
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5.3
Too small in amount or size for what is needed
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6.6
A small amount or number that is barely enough
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Etymology
Bare meaning 'only just enough' comes from an old English idea of being 'naked' or having nothing extra, like 'bare bones' when only the simplest parts remain. So bare describes the smallest or most basic amount.