barely sufficient

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

With interest rates already at 17%, inflation hitting 24.5% in December, and foreign reserves barely sufficient to cover three weeks of imports, the South Asian nation is in dire need of external financing.

From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2023

Another is the avoidance of the motivational problem associated with an income barely sufficient to reduce the subsidy.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2017

Molay had there but one attendant, his cook; the allowance made to him was barely sufficient to procure him common necessaries, and life had now lost all its value in his eyes.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas