barely exceed
Frequency: 5.04.1 per million words
to exceed by only the smallest possible amount
Categories:
Examples (10)
- Their numbers barely exceed 100 in the wild.
- The budget barely exceeds last year's allocation.
- His height barely exceeds the minimum requirement.
- The temperature barely exceeded freezing point today.
- Our sales barely exceed the break-even target.
- The project costs barely exceed the original estimate.
- Her score barely exceeded the passing grade.
- The population barely exceeds 5,000 residents.
- The speed limit was barely exceeded during the test drive.
- The demand barely exceeds our current supply capacity.