be adequate
Frequency: 8.535.2 per million words
to be sufficient or satisfactory for a particular purpose
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- The water supply is adequate for the small town's needs.
- His apology was barely adequate given the severity of the mistake.
- Do you think this budget will be adequate for the entire project?
- The training he received has been adequate to handle most situations he encounters.
- The current security measures are not adequate to prevent a sophisticated cyberattack.
- For a family of four, this small car is far from adequate.
- The lighting in the study is perfectly adequate for reading.
- The emergency supplies were adequate for the first 72 hours.
- The team's preparations were considered adequate by the coach before the big game.
- The government's response to the crisis was widely seen as less than adequate.