Antonyms for adequate
ˈæd ɪ kwɪtad·e·quate

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1. adequateadjective

   Antonyms:
   inadequate

2. adequateadjective

   Antonyms:
   inadequate

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1. adequate

   Adequate, commensurate, and sufficient signify equal to some given occasion or work; as, a sum sufficient to meet expenses; an adequate remedy for the disease. Commensurate is the more precise and learned word, signifying that which exactly measures the matter in question. Adapted, fit, suitable, and qualified refer to the qualities which match or suit the occasion. A clergyman may have strength adequate to the work of a porter; but that would not be a fit or suitable occupation for him. Work is satisfactory if it satisfies those for whom it is done, though it may be very poor work judged by some higher standard. Qualified refers to acquired abilities; competent to both natural and acquired; a qualified teacher may be no longer competent, by reason of ill health. Able and capable suggest general ability and reserved power, able being the higher word of the two. An able man will do something well in any position. A capable man will come up to any ordinary demand. We say an able orator, a capable accountant.

   Antonyms:
   disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, insufficient, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthless

   Synonyms:
   able, adapted, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable

   Preposition:
   Adequate to the demand; for the purpose.

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1. adequate

   Antonyms:
   unequal, insufficient, incompetent, inadequate

   Synonyms:
   equal, sufficient, fit, satisfactory, full, competent, capable, able

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. adequate, equaladjective

   having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

   "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task"

   Antonyms:
   lacking(p), short-staffed, short-handed, unequal to(p), wanting(p), unsatisfactory, unequal, deficient, insufficient, undermanned, incompetent, understaffed, incapable, inadequate

   Synonyms:
   fair to middling, decent, passable, enough, tolerable, equal

2. adequate, decent, enoughadjective

   sufficient for the purpose

   "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"

   Antonyms:
   deficient, undermanned, incompetent, short-handed, insufficient, incapable, understaffed, unequal, unequal to(p), lacking(p), inadequate, short-staffed, wanting(p), unsatisfactory

   Synonyms:
   comme il faut, fair to middling, comely, tolerable, passable, becoming, equal, decorous, enough, nice, seemly, decent

3. adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerableadjective

   about average; acceptable

   "more than adequate as a secretary"

   Antonyms:
   understaffed, lacking(p), short-staffed, unequal to(p), incapable, undermanned, short-handed, deficient, incompetent, insufficient, inadequate, wanting(p), unequal, unsatisfactory

   Synonyms:
   fair to middling, decent, passable, enough, tolerable, equal

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1. adequateadjective

   Antonyms:
   inadequate, insufficient

   Synonyms:
   sufficient, commensurate, equal, proportionate

How to use adequate in a sentence?

1. William Howard Taft:

   Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.

2. Nan Beachem:

   The word 'Thank you' doesn't seem adequate. It is almost like it is unspoken between us. She knows how grateful I am.

3. Guillermo Wade:

   Ships cannot leave because they do not have the adequate safety margin, a ship usually carries about 50,000 tonnes of grain. You are looking at about 11,000 tonnes less per boat.

4. Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed:

   We have a military garrison in Garissa, and the work began immediately after the attack was reported and continued for a number of hours until we were able to rescue 663 students of the 800 students that had been taken hostage by these terrorists. So the response was adequate.

5. Fernando Altemeyer:

   Zika has put humanity in crisis and if it worsens it will force the Church to make a decision on saving human life versus saving its own dogma ... There is no easy answer, there really is nothing in canon law to act as a guide, zika is putting at risk the most innocent - unborn children - so it would be entirely adequate that the Church shift its position on contraceptives for this case.

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