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adequate
[ad-i-kwit]
adjective
as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often followed by to orfor ).
This car is adequate to our needs.
They’ll provide adequate food for fifty people.
Synonyms: , , , ,barely sufficient or suitable.
Being adequate is not good enough.
Law.reasonably sufficient for starting legal action.
adequate grounds.
adequate
/ ˈædɪkwəsɪ, ˈædɪkwɪt /
adjective
able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc
Other 51Թ Forms
- adequately adverb
- adequateness noun
- preadequate adjective
- preadequateness noun
- quasi-adequate adjective
- superadequate adjective
- superadequateness noun
- ˈܲٱ adverb
- adequacy noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of adequate1
Example Sentences
State Farm General denied that and other findings, saying it was the responsibility of policyholders to ensure they had adequate coverage.
In May, an inquest concluded she was unlawfully killed following gross breaches in health and safety, including the lack of an emergency plan or an adequate risk assessment.
"Council is currently working to identify adequate budget to deliver the works," a spokeswoman said.
In a statement, Mr Rodhouse said the allegations were "ill-founded and incorrect", adding that while he welcomed the decision he was "yet to receive an adequate explanation as to how this debacle occurred".
Writers have complained that AI models are being trained on their scripts without their permission or adequate compensation.
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