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. USS Chafee:

   USS Chafee has an adequate supply of personal protective equipment and continues to maintain protective measures for its crew.

2. Tapan Mishra:

   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.

3. Kathy Hoffman:

   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.

4. Peter Coleman:

   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.

5. Henry Miller:

   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.

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