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> a company with a very spartan website What does the word "spartan" mean in this context? "Serious?" "Utilitarian?" I do not know this usage of the word. Edi

by css 8y ago

> a company with a very spartan website What does the word "spartan" mean in this context? "Serious?" "Utilitarian?" I do not know this usage of the word. Edit (from Webster): > 2 b often not capitalized: marked by simplicity, frugality, or avoidance of luxury and comfort. "A spartan room"

jasondrowley 8y ago
Author of the article here. If you look at the company's website, it is very, very plain.
- css 8y ago
  Yeah, I like it! I just have never seen that word used in that context.
  - charmides 8y ago
    Are you a native speaker of English?
    - css 8y ago
      English and Mandarin, learned in parallel.
hyperpape 8y ago
austere