What are some opposite words for adequate?
Antonyms for adequate
ˈæd ɪ kwɪtad·e·quate
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term adequate.
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adequateadjective
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inadequateadequateadjective
Antonyms:
inadequate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, worthlessSynonyms:
able, adapted, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitablePreposition:
Adequate to the demand; for the purpose.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
adequate
Antonyms:
unequal, insufficient, incompetent, inadequateSynonyms:
equal, sufficient, fit, satisfactory, full, competent, capable, able
Princeton's WordNet
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, inadequateSynonyms:
fair to middling, decent, passable, enough, tolerable, equaladequate, decent, enoughadjective
sufficient for the purpose
"an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
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deficient, undermanned, incompetent, short-handed, insufficient, incapable, understaffed, unequal, unequal to(p), lacking(p), inadequate, short-staffed, wanting(p), unsatisfactorySynonyms:
comme il faut, fair to middling, comely, tolerable, passable, becoming, equal, decorous, enough, nice, seemly, decentadequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerableadjective
about average; acceptable
"more than adequate as a secretary"
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understaffed, lacking(p), short-staffed, unequal to(p), incapable, undermanned, short-handed, deficient, incompetent, insufficient, inadequate, wanting(p), unequal, unsatisfactorySynonyms:
fair to middling, decent, passable, enough, tolerable, equal
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
adequateadjective
Antonyms:
inadequate, insufficientSynonyms:
sufficient, commensurate, equal, proportionate
How to use adequate in a sentence?
USS Chafee has an adequate supply of personal protective equipment and continues to maintain protective measures for its crew.
Without adequate funding this year, the only option left for some agencies will be to close projects that serve as a life-line for millions of people.
To achieve stability to our school communities, it is necessary to provide them with adequate time to inform and ready their staff, students and families.
We don't have an investment in (Port Arthur). What we've been doing is just paying our way, and whether that is going to give us an adequate return, I would say today that is very challenged.
What we all hope in reaching for a book, is to meet a man of our own heart, to experience tragedies and delights which we ourselves lack the courage to invite, to dream dreams which will render life more hallucinating, perhaps also to discover a philosophy of life which will make us more adequate in meeting the trials and ordeals which beset us. To merely add to our store of knowledge or improve our culture, whatever that may mean, seems worthless to me.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1711 | poor | |
#4555 | adequate | |
#10208 | inadequate | |
#10226 | useless | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#15200 | inferior | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#20455 | incapable | |
#20528 | unsatisfactory | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#24702 | unsuitable | |
#24911 | incompetent | |
#25409 | unequal | |
#26977 | disqualified | |
#29086 | unqualified | |
#29642 | unfit | |
#94455 | understaffed | |
#204909 | undermanned |
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