barely credible

Frequency: 5.53.0 per million words

Meaning only just believable; almost not credible.

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Examples (10)

  • His excuse for being late was barely credible.
  • The witness's account of the event, though detailed, seemed barely credible to the jury.
  • The conspiracy theory they presented was so outlandish that it was barely credible.
  • He made a claim about his past achievements that I found barely credible.
  • Her explanation for the missing money was barely credible, and nobody really believed her.
  • The government's official statement on the incident is barely credible in light of the new evidence.
  • The idea of time travel, while fascinating, remains a barely credible concept to most scientists.
  • His tale of wrestling a bear was barely credible, but he told it with such conviction.
  • The startup's projected profits were so optimistic that investors considered the business plan barely credible.
  • It seems barely credible that he could have finished the entire project overnight by himself.