barely profitable
Frequency: 5.54.1 per million words
Indicates that something is only just profitable, with a very small margin.
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Examples (10)
- The small startup was barely profitable in its first year.
- Despite their hard work, the project remained barely profitable.
- Rising costs made the once thriving business barely profitable.
- They realized that expanding into that market would be barely profitable.
- If we don't increase sales, this quarter will be barely profitable.
- For years, the farm was barely profitable, relying on subsidies to survive.
- Even after cutting expenses, the company found itself barely profitable.
- The venture was barely profitable, but they saw potential for future growth.
- He argued that the current pricing strategy made their products barely profitable.
- To be barely profitable is not enough to sustain a large team.