merely adequate

Frequency: 4.01.9 per million words

only sufficient and nothing more; implying a lack of excellence

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Examples (10)

  • His performance this quarter was considered merely adequate, showing no real initiative.
  • The report met the basic requirements, but its analysis was merely adequate.
  • For a five-star hotel, the room service was merely adequate and quite disappointing.
  • The safety precautions in place were judged to be merely adequate by the inspectors.
  • A solution that is merely adequate today will likely be insufficient tomorrow.
  • The translation was merely adequate, capturing the literal meaning but losing all the nuance.
  • The funding they received was merely adequate to keep the program running for another year.
  • While the actors' performances were brilliant, the script itself was merely adequate.
  • The level of public transportation in the town is merely adequate for its current population.
  • He aimed for excellence, but his final result was merely adequate.