barely affect
Frequency: 6.06.1 per million words
To influence only to a very small degree.
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Examples (10)
- The new policy will barely affect small businesses.
- Fortunately, the minor setback barely affected the project's timeline.
- The slight change in the recipe barely affects the overall taste.
- His criticism barely affected her confidence; she knew she had done a good job.
- Despite the media hype, the event has barely affected ticket sales.
- The new software update seems to barely affect the system's performance.
- Even with the road closures, traffic flow was barely affected.
- The fluctuations in the stock market will barely affect long-term investors.
- A small increase in price would barely affect demand for the product.
- The scandal seemed to barely affect the politician's approval ratings.