bare subsistence
Frequency: 6.54.1 per million words
the absolute minimum amount of resources needed to survive
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- The refugees were living on bare subsistence for months.
- After the war, many families struggled to maintain even bare subsistence.
- The aid provided was just enough for bare subsistence, not for comfort.
- He dedicated his life to helping those living at bare subsistence.
- The harsh climate made it difficult to achieve more than bare subsistence.
- For generations, their community survived on bare subsistence farming.
- The government's policy aimed to lift people above the level of bare subsistence.
- Without a steady income, they were reduced to bare subsistence.
- The expedition faced challenges that pushed them to the brink of bare subsistence.
- She described the difficult conditions of bare subsistence in the remote village.