The phrase "barely compensate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something provides only a minimal or insufficient amount of compensation or offset for a loss or disadvantage.
Example: "The raise I received barely compensates for the increased cost of living in the city."
Alternatives: "hardly offset" or "scarcely make up for".
The anxious trailer-park style of Pennsylvania Station is barely compensated for by the successful restoration of Grand Central Terminal.
His enthusiasm for the work of others is now so deep and wide that his calendar strains with far-flung one-offs and barely compensated commitments.
The ceiling of 2.79% on 12-month deposits barely compensates them for consumer-price inflation, which rose to 2.7% in February.
The humiliations that he had to endure in order to keep Tuscany neutral in the European conflicts of the age of Louis XIV were barely compensated by his navy's share in Francesco Morosini's victories over the Turks (1684).
The suggestion that they wear black with long sleeves has been dropped, but there is still only one lavatory, barely compensated for by a deliciously large and comfortable bed, surely designed for having the vapours in.
Not a bad return for a year's work, though it barely compensates for all 3i's technology investments that have gone sour.Another firm that has adjusted to changing market conditions is Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, one of the firms behind the Yell deal.
In Atlanta, where I live, about 50 people disrupted business Friday at Wendy's, McDonald's, Starbucks, and Aramark companies that have been accused of exploiting barely compensated incarcerated labor during street protests.
The expensive private dance lessons, the costumes ordered for more than $100 the will be worn once and never again, the usurious competition fees it all works in combination to inure women into accepting a barely compensated job that likely costs more to maintain than it pays.
This means that the total observed increase in public funding barely compensates for population growth.
In individuals with type 2 diabetes who have barely compensated β-cell function, this will lead to a greater release of IP from the exhausted β cells [ 23– 25].
