Hand-to-mouth
Hand-to-mouth adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Usage example: survived on a hand-to-mouth income that came from any odd job that he could find
Least and hand-to-mouth are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Least" instead an adjective phrase "Hand-to-mouth".
Least
Least adjective - The superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree.
Hand-to-mouth and least are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hand-to-mouth" instead an adjective "Least".
Both words in one sentence
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Starving Artist: Llewyn Davis lives a very hand-to-mouth, semi-vagrant existence crashing on the couches of acquaintances and relatives, at least those he has not completely antagonised yet.
Source: Film / Inside Llewyn Davis -
The eponymous protagonist of Inside Llewyn Davis lives a hand-to-mouth, semi-vagrant existence crashing on the couches of acquaintances and relatives, at least those that he has not completely antagonized yet.
Source: Starving Artist
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