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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.
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 Word Forms
- adequately adverb
- adequateness noun
- preadequate adjective
- preadequateness noun
- quasi-adequate adjective
- superadequate adjective
- superadequateness noun
- adequacy noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of adequate1
Example Sentences
Mr James, of Ida Road, and a 16-year-old boy were doing hazardous work in darkness without hard hats or adequate training, the court was told on Friday.
Sales this year are expected to be similar to last year’s level, but the company added a caveat that guidance is dependent on the adequate availability of semiconductors.
And some student midwives at the maternity unit said they felt pressure to 'just get on with it' without adequate support, with some of them then being involved in patient medication errors.
Defence Minister Luke Pollard told BBC Breakfast that the military sites were not "luxury accommodation by any means," but "adequate for what is required".
He also noted the body horror, especially in two “monstrous” birth sequences, providing an adequate scare, and there’s a “modicum of well-done fright effects.”
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