bare necessity

Examples (10)

• For refugees, access to food and shelter are bare necessities.
• Without electricity, cooking became a bare necessity rather than a pleasure.
• In times of crisis, people often have to survive on the bare necessities.
• His diet consisted of the bare necessities to keep him alive.
• The survival kit contained only the bare necessities for a few days.
• They lived in extreme poverty, struggling to afford the bare necessities.
• Clean water is a bare necessity for human survival.
• Many families in the region lack even the bare necessities of life.
• Stripped of all luxuries, they focused on the bare necessities.
• Providing medical care was considered a bare necessity in the remote village.