no-frills vs unvarnished

no-frills

adj
  • Basic or simple; providing only what is necessary, without anything extra or fancy. 

unvarnished

adj
  • Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated. 

  • Not having been coated with varnish (or a similar surface treatment). 

How often have the words no-frills and unvarnished occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )