stripped back
adjective
uk/ˌstrɪpt ˈbæk/us/ˌstrɪpt ˈbæk/(especiallyofmusic, etc.)reducedtoitssimplestform, with only the mostbasicandessentialfeatures:
Their newrecordispleasinglystrippedback.
Recently he has been makingfarmore stripped-back, lesscomplex,choralmusic.
(of abuilding,room, etc.) having hadfurniture,decoration, etc.removedso that it is initsoriginalstate:
Thewallsarestrippedback to theoriginallimewash.
Shelovedthe stripped-backminimalismof the newgalleryspace.
- On the newalbumwefindhismusicstrippedback, whereoncethere had beenstrings,accordionandtubas.
- The set sheplayedwasstrippedback,featuringjustkeyboardandacousticguitar.
- This was aclassicZeppelintune, which wasreworkedfrom a hard-rockanthemintomenacingstripped-backblues.
- Thecriticspraisedthe director's stripped-backstagingof the Sophoclesplay.
- Therestaurantdecorfeltstrippedback inclassicminimaliststyle.
Plain and ordinary
- as it comesidiom
- austere
- austerely
- austerity
- average Joe
- generalized
- homeliness
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- rife
- run-of-the-mill
- severe
- severely
- simple
- unoriginal
- unostentatiously
- unremarkable
- well trodden
- workaday