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   Ad·e·quate

   /ˈadəkwət/

   

   adjective

   • 1. satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity: "this office is perfectly adequate for my needs" Similar sufficientenoughamplerequisiteappositeappropriatesuitableacceptablepassablereasonablesatisfactorytolerablefairfairly goodpretty goodgoodishmiddle-of-the-roadmediocreunexceptionalunexceptionableundistinguishedunremarkableordinarycommonplaceindifferentaveragenot badall rightgood enoughso-sominimalmediummoderaterun-of-the-millforgettableinformal:OKokayfair-to-middlingnothing to write home aboutnothing to shout aboutno great shakes(plain) vanillabog-standardhalf-piehumorous:cromulentequal toup tocapableofsuited tosuitable forable to doqualified forfit forgood enough forsufficient forinformal:up to scratchOpposite insufficientinadequateunequal to

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin adaequatus ‘made equal to’, past participle of the verb adaequare, from ad- ‘to’ + aequus ‘equal’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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