Answer to "Barely adequate" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCANT , but the solution may also be MEAGER which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in USA Today).

Barely adequate crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SCANT	31 %	5
SCANTY	23 %	6
MINIMAL	23 %	7
MEAGER	12 %	6
SCRIMPY	4 %	7
MARGINAL	4 %	8
ACCEPTABLE	4 %	10

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Barely adequate

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• marginal
• inferior
• substandard
• mediocre
• gooseberry
• second-rate
• second string
• ringtone
• third-rate
• mediocrity
• second rate
• de minimis

Crossword Answer definitions

SCANT adjective

1. Very little, very few.
2. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
3. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

SCANT verb

1. To limit in amount or share; to stint.
2. To fail, or become less; to scantle.

SCANT noun

1. A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
2. A sheet of stone.
3. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

SCANT noun

1. Scarcity; lack.

SCANT adverb

1. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SCANT

• Meager
• Barely adequate
• Barely sufficient
• Marginally enough
• Mere
• Barely enough
• Few and far between
• Grudging, as attention
• Limited
• In short supply

More clues leading to the result SCANTY

• Meager
• Sparse
• Insufficient
• Barely adequate
• Like a string bikini
• Minimal
• Like some beachwear
• Like some bathing suits
• Meager; sparse
• Barely sufficient

More clues leading to the result MINIMAL

• Least possible
• Smallest
• Token
• Barely adequate
• As small as possible
• Barely enough
• Spare
• Least possible.
• Smallest.
• Least.

More clues leading to the result MEAGER

• Scant
• Slim
• Barely sufficient
• INADEQUATE
• Piddling
• Too little
• Scanty
• Lean
• Like slim pickings
• Unsubstantial

More clues leading to the result SCRIMPY

• Frugal
• Barely adequate
• Deficient in amount or quality
• Meager

More clues leading to the result MARGINAL

• Barely adequate
• On the fringe
• Just adequate
• Barely covering production costs.
• Borderline.
• Minimal.
• Not quite fly-by-night
• At the fringe
• At the lower limit
• On spring's fringe?

More clues leading to the result ACCEPTABLE

• Barely adequate
• O.K.