no-frills

1. 1.

   characterized by the absence of inessential features

   “he got a no-frills introduction to the job”

   Similaressential

   colloquialism

Questions about no-frills

What does no-frills mean?

no-frills means "characterized by the absence of inessential features".

How many syllables are in no-frills?

no-frills has 2 syllables: no--frills. The stress falls on "no-".

Is no-frills a common word?

no-frills is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.