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
In this house there are always more than seventy beds for the accommodation of strangers; and these, on some occasions, are barely sufficient.
From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Amelia Stratton Comfield
