bare minimum
Noun
Meaning
bare minimum
The smallest possible quantity or the least fulfilling, but still adequate, condition that is required, acceptable, or suitable for some purpose.
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Examples
We become obsessed with 'truth' when discussing statements, just as we become obsessed with 'freedom' when discussing conduct...Like freedom, truth is a bare minimum or an illusory ideal.
They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me.
Everything changed in Bosnia, when General Wesley Clark proved that you could fight a war with high- level precision air strikes and a bare minimum of ground action.
I was always on set, I was always working, so my study was down to the bare minimum required. So I am one of the few who didn't study 'Lord of the Flies.'
After the incredibly partisan confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh in 2018, which featured numerous accusations of sexual assault that were given the bare minimum of investigation, I thought that would be it.
After all, dresses are one of the comfiest articles of clothing you can own: They’re usually light and airy, and sometimes require the bare minimum accessorizing.