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Rule "bare bones (bare-bones)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	bare bones (bare-bones)
Message:	This adjective is spelled <suggestion>bare-bones</suggestion>.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Meals on early space flights were bare bones affairs. Correction suggestion: bare-bones I had a 1986 bare bones Toyota that left the factory without a radio and speakers. Correction suggestion: bare-bones
Correct sentences for comparison:	He had only been taught the bare bones of the system, but carried on regardless.
ID:	BARE_BONES_HYPHEN [1]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)

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