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bareboned

[ bair-bohnd ]

adjective

  1. lean or spare, as a person.
  2. emaciated; gaunt:

    bareboned victims of a terrible famine.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bareboned1

1590–1600; bare 1 + boned, from the earlier use bare-bones or bare-bone a lean person

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