barely ever vs barely never

The correct phrase is "barely ever." The phrase "barely never" is not commonly used in English.

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barely ever

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something happens very rarely or almost never.

Examples:

I barely ever go to the gym.
She barely ever eats fast food.
They barely ever visit their relatives.
He barely ever watches TV.
We barely ever see each other.

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He barely ever cried or got fussy.
Lolita is barely ever out of my sight.
Looking at the memory monitor built into Android, of the 5.6GB of RAM available, I barely ever used more than 3.5GB.
She keeps me entertained, till I barely ever look up
The guy barely ever leaves his office.
Well, she has an inhaler, but she barely ever uses it.
You're barely ever home.
I barely ever talk to him.
The city's temperature barely ever reaches freezing.
You'll barely ever have to do laundry.
I barely ever get out of the mines.
I barely ever get out of the mines.
Lolita is barely ever out of my sight.
We barely ever gathered around the police scanner, waiting to hear about accidents.
I mean, we barely ever talk.
And Greg is on FriendAgenda but barely ever posts.
You've barely ever raised your voice.
I'd barely ever spoken to the woman.
I barely ever leave my house.
You barely ever opened your mouth in her classroom.

Alternatives:

hardly ever
almost never
rarely ever
seldom ever
scarcely ever

barely never

This phrase is not a standard construction in English and is not commonly used.

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Carmine can barely talk, never mind sing.
Others barely squeak by, never making substantial amounts of money.
Her hatred for you was so overwhelming she could... barely contain herself, never mind testify.
The wide waters of the Ciliwung river in Indonesia are now barely visible beneath a never-ending tide of plastic.
I barely washed, and never changed my dress, for I had no other.
Yes, and this is the movie where we barely speak and never touch.
I never knew my own father and I barely remember my mom.
Ford never fully recovered and in 1976 he barely defeated Ronald Reagan for the nomination.
And she'd barely let herself breathe because she never wanted that moment to end.
Hon, I barely know Marilyn, n-never mind her kids.
This is one place where women were never - even the older ones barely sat in the circle with the men.
Never mind the fact that we barely have a strike fund.
I was barely ready to move in with you, never mind your daughter and a grandbaby.
"Mummy's never coming home." I could barely say it myself.
I bet you never left her barely conscious with pleasure in the toilets.
I've barely been to his dad's place since he moved out, and I've never even met the girlfriend.
I barely heard the judge when he told me that I would never leave this prison alive.
You're barely over the Blair weirdness, never mind for Serena to be as mad as she was about the kiss.
You're barely over the Blair weirdness, never mind for Serena to be as mad as she was about the kiss.
Yes, but I practically never see my father. Mother's so busy at work, she barely has time for me.

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