I'll give you a question, please answer with step-by-step reasoning process.
The living conditions were poor, but the building wasn't condemned as they were still barely what?\nOptions:\n- adequate\n- poormouth\n- rich\n- enough\n- good

adequate
Adequate means one has basic thing for life like shelter of building.

One can be barely adequate when living conditions are poor.

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Therefore, the answer is adequate