ADJECTIVE
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characterized by the absence of inessential features
he got a no-frills introduction to the job
How To Use no-frills In A Sentence
- The trend toward à la carte pricing - once the hallmark of no-frills, low-cost carriers - has in recent years been adopted by the legacy airlines, and will likely continue in 2009, as carriers try to boost what they call ancillary revenue. Latest News
- Both favour the no-frills approach, often eschewing swish restaurants to munch burgers together when they meet. Times, Sunday Times
- But the consumer magazine also noted that people rated the no-frills carriers slightly worse than two years ago.
- There is barely anything more soul-destroying than a no-frills flight. Times, Sunday Times
- When the University of California, Berkeley announced this fall it was cutting funding for its venerable 118-year-old baseball team, the program was a money-sucking sponge that drew few fans and even fewer sponsors to its no-frills campus ballyard. The Cal Baseball Resurrection
- My no-frills airline - pressurised air? Times, Sunday Times
- The airline said it would restructure its European short-haul business to compete with no-frills carriers.
- Painted in red, the brawny, no-frills vehicle with a canvas top advertises its military credentials with elan.
- Rationing, which existed until 1951, was still in place and the diet consisted of basic, no-frills meals.
- Millions of extra seats will be available during the summer as no-frills carriers begin new routes.