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.
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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211. Are staff given adequate training to enable them to undertake recruitment activities?
212. However, other data presented here suggest that this is not an adequate explanation.
213. We are also indebted to the Minister and the Whips for allowing us adequate time in which to adduce our arguments.
214. The implication drawn from the trade is that modern corporations lack an adequate system of accountability.
215. This can make the conventional approach perfectly adequate for some systems development work.
215. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
216. All major publicly-funded housing developments will make adequate provision for the less well off.
217. For markets to work well, consumers need access to adequate and accurate information.
218. Three days later, however, President Nixon ordered that the reconnaissance missions be resumed and that they receive adequate protection.
219. The first problem is that many young doctors do not get an adequate training.
220. It also is working to ensure an adequate supply of modems too, from Motorola and others.
221. The minerals in a normal diet will be adequate to replace any losses.
222. For the carnivore, however, the football menu is more than adequate to quell your hunger.
223. There is a gross disparity between the size of the unemployment problem and the minuscule educational resources available to make adequate provision.
224. The largest of the forty-eight recovered pieces weighs 27. 4 kilograms, more than adequate for lethality.
225. The restrictions in outdoor water use were approved last week to help maintain adequate supplies during the shutdown.
226. The importance of adequate preparation can not be overemphasized in view of the substantial delays and costs that could arise through error.
227. It was a considerable gamble, for no existing system seemed adequate to the size of the project.
228. It is unfair, however, to expect nurses to take on this new role and responsibility without adequate training and supervision.
229. The importance of the results should be such that there is adequate time to seek opinions from employees. 2.
230. The report also emphasized the need for adequate training and supervision of personnel working in this area.
231. It is important to appropriately balance these risks on the basis of adequate information.
232. Any manager who fails to devise adequate systems for job control is at best not in control and at worst out of control.
233. If Britain is to maintain its tradition of excellent clinical research adequate support must be provided for the clinical costs of research.
234. All in all, more than adequate for simple faxing needs.
235. The earlier electric car's range of 50 miles was not adequate for suburban driving.
236. A massive object containing a small quantity of C- field begins to collapse when the pressure is no longer adequate to prevent it.
237. Make sure that the lighting is adequate so that your guests to see what they are eating.
238. If adequate time has been spent at the design stage, the construction of files holds few major problems.
239. Although the data collected were quite adequate for this purpose, no attempt was made to claim representativeness for the doorstep survey.
240. The motion was carried perfunctorily, without any adequate discussion.