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barely sufficient

ADJECTIVE

scant/scanty

Synonyms

WEAK

bare close deficient exiguous failing insufficient limited little meager minimal narrow poor rare restricted scrimpy short shy skimpy slender spare sparing sparse stingy thin tight wanting

Antonyms

WEAK

abundant adequate ample covering plentiful substantial sufficient

ADJECTIVE

scanty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insufficient meager scant skimpy sparse

STRONG

close failing limited little narrow poor short shy spare

WEAK

bare deficient exiguous minimal rare restricted scrimpy slender sparing stingy thin tight wanting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

adequate enough full sufficient

STRONG

OK generous great large open strong thick unreserved unrestricted

WEAK

abundant ample plentiful

Example Sentences

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“Resources that were already barely sufficient for the poorest will now have to stretch even further.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The BBC understands that conditions in the camps are unsanitary, food barely sufficient, and many of the freed workers, like Mike, are in poor health.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Arif Ullah, an 18-year-old refugee living in the camps, said the existing food allowance was barely sufficient.

From Reuters • Feb. 17, 2023

Refinery capacity remains barely sufficient, especially with the United States sending more fuel to Europe to compensate for reductions in Russian imports.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

There was no habitation visible save the small hut, a place barely sufficient to its owner’s simple needs and utterly inadequate to those of a lately recovered invalid.

From Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch by Raymond, Evelyn

barely sufficient

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