The phrase "a slim team" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or lean team, often implying efficiency or a lack of excess personnel.
Example: "Our project was successful because we operated with a slim team that could adapt quickly to changes."
Alternatives: "a lean team" or "a small team".
JOHN STARKS -- Yes, he would still like to come back to New York if the Knicks will find it in their hearts to reacquire him (a slim possibility, one team official said).
Better teams defeat inferior teams a slim majority of times in hockey games, and if they don't, it's probably because of goaltending.
I'm giving the home team a slim advantage.
Russo has lobbied for a slimmed down management team, a more streamlined core carrier business and a focus on higher-margin businesses.
Forward David Lee, who is tied with Dwight Howard for the most double-doubles in the league with 34, held a slim chance of making the team.
"C'mon Ryan," the coach shouted toward home plate at Ryan Naser, his team holding a slim lead with the bases loaded and two outs late in the game one recent Wednesday.
At the time, Roland Jourdain, the skipper of Sill Plein Fruit, and his team held a slim lead in Leg 4 over their archrival Kingfisher and the rest of the five-boat fleet when the French yacht's 85-foot carbon wing mast simply crumbled and fell into the water.
BBC Radio Bristol's Bob Hunt: "It looks like Michael Klinger has decided to bat on into the final day, in order to get a slim lead, so that his team have a chance to bowl out Glamorgan cheaply to secure an unlikely win.
As they enter Game 6 on Wednesday, the Flyers realize they still have only a slim chance to become the first team since the 1975 Islanders — and only the third team over all, with the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs — to overcome a 3-0 series deficit.
