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"barely recognized" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to indicate that something was almost impossible to recognize. For example, "The building had been so drastically altered that I could barely recognize it."
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He barely recognized her.
I barely recognized him.
He barely recognized himself.
She barely recognized the place.
He barely recognized his old neighborhood.
I barely recognized him in the photograph on the jacket.
I barely recognized her, she looked so different.
When I went to see her, she barely recognized me.
"My British agent barely recognized me as Diane, Wattssaidid.
Past dramatists would have barely recognized the problem.
Gazing across the audience himself, though, David barely recognized anybody.
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