'barely a question' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to indicate that something being said is not really framed as a question, but more of an expression of disbelief or doubt. For example: "His response was barely a question - it sounded more like a statement of fact."
Conceptually the programme was a dog's dinner, with three top chefs fielding barely any questions from a largely waxwork audience, a special ingredient feature ("chocolate is a great marry with beetroot") and much desperate banter.
I remember one excruciating meeting at which my interviewer, despite knowing my qualifications and experience before inviting me along, barely asked me a question.
Another man, who gave his name only as Mike M., had barely finished hearing a question about the House Benghazi investigation when he said, "What a sham".
This has all raised in Europe a question barely considered in the U.S.: Is not just Brand Bush but Brand America in trouble?
He talks – in paragraphs, intensely, seriously, spontaneously and eloquently, in his Northern Irish accent – for 45 minutes, with barely a prompting or a question.
PAGE A10 WEIGHING RUSSIA'S MOVES The Russian tanks rumbling across parts of Georgia are forcing European leaders and those in Washington to ask a question barely posed in the years following the fall of Communism: How far will or can Russia go, and what should the response be?
That was barely enough time to ask a question, let alone hear it answered.
But the point is that we have handed over intimate information – in clicks and search terms and hours of browsing – about ourselves with barely any questions asked.
In exchange for a merger agreement, MTFG and SMFG have each offered capital injections of up to ¥700 billion by the end of September, when UFJ must close its mid-year accounts.In a proper bidding war, UFJ would go to whichever bank could add the most value, a question that has barely surfaced in the five-week-long spat.
