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US
/ˈædəˌkweɪt, ˈædəkwət/
]
[ UK /ˈædɪkwət/ ]
[ UK /ˈædɪkwət/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
sufficient for the purpose
the food was adequate
an adequate income
food enough
enough food -
having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
he was equal to the task
she had adequate training
her training was adequate
she was adequate to the job -
about average; acceptable
more than adequate as a secretary
How To Use adequate In A Sentence
- This regime should have been more than adequate to demonstrate any significant short-term effects of reduced sleep.
- _The Terrace at Berne_ has been already dealt with, but that mood for epicede, which was so frequent in Mr Arnold, finds in the _Carnac_ stanzas adequate, and in _A Southern Night_ consummate, expression. Matthew Arnold
- Other former captives spoke of pathetically inadequate food rations.
- Public expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate.
- Apparently the section cannot adequately host the interests of both angling and boating fraternities and the boaters have taken preference.
- In all stores adequate ventilation should be provided as an aid to temperature control with mechanical air conditioning if needed.
- The Rules do contain adequate provisions for appeal by the person upon whom a notice is served.
- The band simply didn't have the time or resources to find an adequate replacement for Frank.
- One in 10 asthma deaths in Scotland is due to inadequate treatment and widespread ignorance of the condition among health staff, a damning new report has revealed.
- Many AIDS activists have opposed home test kits, because they feared people would receive inadequate counseling.
