Meaning:
Only what is essential; no more than what is necessary.
Examples:
- Working with the bare necessities and occasional volunteers went on for four years.
- No, only the bare necessities.
- I manage with the bare necessities. I don't need much to be happy.
- No, but you know they provide the bare necessities.
- All the bare necessities of life.
- No, not the bare necessities, post of money.
- I bought a few bare necessities.
- Their idea was that Korea would find it difficult without foreign aid to provide its people with more than the bare necessities of life.
- The United Nations says up to 5 million people now lack access to the bare necessities of life—clean water, food, shelter, sanitation, and health care.
- Katsidis enjoys the simple, humble lifestyle that Thailand offers. He does not rely on state-of-the-art training equipment, but rather the bare necessities.