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adequate

Definition for adequate

adjective as in enough, able

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Mr James, of Ida Road, and a 16-year-old boy were doing hazardous work in darkness without hard hats or adequate training, the court was told on Friday.

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Sales this year are expected to be similar to last year’s level, but the company added a caveat that guidance is dependent on the adequate availability of semiconductors.

And some student midwives at the maternity unit said they felt pressure to 'just get on with it' without adequate support, with some of them then being involved in patient medication errors.

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Defence Minister Luke Pollard told BBC Breakfast that the military sites were not "luxury accommodation by any means," but "adequate for what is required".

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He also noted the body horror, especially in two “monstrous” birth sequences, providing an adequate scare, and there’s a “modicum of well-done fright effects.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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