Initially, the trails across the Sierras were improved only enough to make them barely passable.

The road leading to the station initially remained unpaved and was barely passable in bad weather.

The road to his home has been described as "barely passable."

The rains came, the roads were barely passable and sometimes quite impassable.

It has but passing poetry and a barely passable plot.

The street in front of her house was packed with cars and barely passable.

"The veal last week was barely passable," said the woman.

The sound is barely passable, but these are totally committed, fiery performances.

Despite ongoing maintenance, the general condition of the road was considered to vary from "rough to barely passable."

They concluded that "despite very low expectations" the film itself "turns out to be a barely passable affair".