Sentence examples for barely legitimate from inspiring English sources

As a result, governments here are sometimes seen as barely legitimate, inside and outside Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation.

How can they gamble so much on the corrupt, enfeebled and barely legitimate government of President Karzai?

Cruyff quickly began to betray inner turmoil, voicing legitimate concerns at a couple of barely legitimate challenges from Vogts, who was treading a fine disciplinary line, but also coming out on top in the majority of their encounters.

So America's standing in the Arab-Muslim world is now very low -- partly because we have not told our story well, partly because of policies we have adopted and partly because inept, barely legitimate Arab leaders have deliberately deflected domestic criticism of themselves onto us.

Crespo said: 'I thought my goals had won it, but I knew that save was the moment we said bye-bye to the cup.' Dudek unexpectedly emerged as the hero of the night, both for his saves and his barely legitimate tactics during the shootout, but the real achievement belonged to Benítez for altering the body language and changing the outlook of his players during the interval.

Further, regarding the food sector, Haen et al. (2015) and Swierstra & te Molder (2012) have remarked that certain concerns seem 'structurally marginalized and barely recognized as legitimate public issues' for deliberation, such as concerns related to naturalness, ownership and control, identity, and lifestyles.

Legitimate record stores barely exist in Uzbekistan, and bootleg cassette stands are proliferating.

A few online retailers and trendy coffee bars accept it, but its yo-yoing value is one reason why its use in the legitimate economy is barely measurable (though it remains a favourite with drug-dealers).

The timing of this issue could barely be worse, with a legitimate question mark now hovering over whether or not the US PGA champion can return for his second Austin match – against Thongchai Jaidee – on Thursday.

"His love of life and good humor barely disguised his anxiety and his legitimate desire to be recognized as one of the great sculptors of his time," Jack Lang, a former French Culture Minister, said.

Why couldn't I just let it go, laugh it off, chalk it up to quirkiness rather than grant it status as a legitimate source of my barely contained rage?