Synonym: ample, enough, plenty, satisfactory, sufficient. Antonym: deficient, inadequate, insufficient. Similar words: equation, graduate, evaluate, insinuate, accentuate, undergraduate, square, squad. Meaning: ['ædɪkwət] adj. 1. (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task 2. enough to meet a purpose 3. about average; acceptable.
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181. This amount of memory is adequate for the very largest entry.
182. Winter may seem like the ideal time to do interior painting, but it requires adequate ventilation.
183. But no one could suppose that the result could be more than barely adequate.
184. In either case adequate preparation should be made, so that the relevant facts and estimates are in a presentable state.
185. By judicious use of the more than adequate graphic, a wide variety of sounds can be accessed.
185. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
186. There is often no provision made, or considered adequate for elderly relatives without causing gross inconvenience to all parties.
187. Peace of mind, adequate provision for family and friends, and the knowledge that one's wishes will be carried out.
188. The scheme for parents would have to start with a really adequate level of child benefits.
189. First, all overlap periods must allow adequate time for exchange of information between the staff coming to duty and those leaving.
190. In survey or exploratory research, questions are a more than adequate device for directing the organization of the methodology.
191. Management considers that adequate provision has been made for any liability which may arise in respect of the years 1981 to 1983.
192. While saying this I do not want to exaggerate the lack of adequate supplies of goodwill.
193. Each family was perennially engaged in securing an adequate food supply for its members.
194. The light-grasp is adequate for this magnification, and the binoculars can still be comfortably hand-held.
195. They do not seem to be adequate to all the convolutions of gendered subjectivities, however.
196. The severe limiting of the category would be pragmatic as well in securing more adequate medical insurance coverage.
197. The other is to find well-paid employment which will provide her with an adequate income to afford the repayments.
198. The rest will be moved on to a perfectly adequate out-of-town portal site with ads that flash and jitter.
199. He said I should have more adequate protection than a burglar alarm.
200. There is no substitute for adequate training, instruction and supervision.
201. Nevertheless, it is still open to question whether these arrangements are an adequate substitute for parliamentary scrutiny.
202. To continue the previous example, suppose that 500 units was determined to be an adequate level of safety stock.
203. It can not be stressed enough that an adequate system for financial control must be a priority matter for the haulier.
204. The existing arrangements of asking for police assistance when the presence of weapons is suspected are considered to be quite adequate.
205. Ardmore's runway is more generously dimensioned and better levelled than North Shore's but North Shore is perfectly adequate too.
206. It's important that the sling is easy to put on single-handed, and that your baby gets adequate support.
207. They were clumsy to use, the striking surface barely adequate.
208. However, such questions must be asked if we hope to develop a more adequate policy in relation to doping in sport.
209. Federal safety experts say such helmets appear to offer adequate protection for skaters.
210. The analyst must be sensitive to possible environmental effects when attempting to provide an adequate explanation for a particular political behavior.