The term 'BARELY MANAGED' can be described by the following crossword solutions: EKED (4 letters), GOTBY (5 letters), MADEDO (6 letters), and EKEDOUT (7 letters). EKED means to obtain something with difficulty, GOTBY means to manage to survive or succeed, MADEDO means to make do with what is available, and EKEDOUT means to manage to get by with very little. Together, these words suggest that the term 'BARELY MANAGED' implies that someone was able to barely scrape by with the resources they had.