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most adequate

ADJECTIVE

enough, able

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable capable competent decent fair satisfactory sufficient suitable tolerable

STRONG

equal

WEAK

all right comfortable commensurate passable requisite sufficing unexceptional unobjectionable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequate inappropriate incapable incompetent inept insufficient intolerable poor unable unacceptable unsatisfactory unsuitable

WEAK

inferior unequal unfit unqualified useless

Example Sentences

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The union told the BBC: "We are working on finding the most adequate legal solution for the matter."

From BBC • May 20, 2025

“We want to offer all the knowledge we have gained over the years to propose a business model that is financially and administratively the most adequate for the growth of soccer in Brazil.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2022

When we imagine a Venn diagram of what humans can tolerate—the least offensive, and the most adequate musical output—do the Eagles alone occupy the middle bubble?

From The New Yorker • Aug. 21, 2018

The situation in sports, particularly in athletics, isn't the most adequate.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2014

The exercise of prayer, in those who habitually exert it, must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves.

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry