bare minimum
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adjective
noun
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The way that the immigration detention system works is that you need to know where your client is detained in order to be able to schedule a legal call with them, at a bare minimum.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
Award show producers seemed to scramble for hosts that didn’t already have a record of ruffling feathers and could, at the bare minimum, garner a few chuckles from the crowd.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
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Possible Synonyms
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- quiet quitting
- doing the least
- low-effort
- just enough
Possible Antonyms
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- above and beyond
- giving 110%
- overachieving
- going the extra mile
- full send
