Definition: 1. Enough to meet a purpose. 2. Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity. 3. Enough in quantity, or good enough in quality.
Use 'adequate' in a sentence:
1. The question I have to decide is whether this is an adequately reasoned decision.
2. Food in the dining car was adequate, if uninspired.
3. They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.
4. He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.
5. It says in many countries on all continents journalists do not get adequate protection, and the report accuses some repressive regimes of harming press freedom and journalists too.
6. On a financial level, the poor and middle class need to rely more credit to attain an adequate standard of living, which ultimately makes them poorer.
7. Existing testing practices should be reviewed to determine whether or not they provide adequate coverage.
8. If you only go abroad once a year then a single-trip policy should be adequate.
9. Without regression tests, current and potential consumers will not have adequate confidence in the asset.
10. I have no adequate preparation.
11. One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes.
12. He didn't give an adequate answer to the question.
13. In some cases this is adequate , but in others it may be far from acceptable image quality.
14. It also requires there to be adequate legroom for workers to work comfortably.
