1. Adequate
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2. Definition Adequate means …
as much as necessary for some requirement or purpose OR
barely sufficient or suitable: Being adequate is not good enough.
Also adequacy and adequately

3. Adequate Synonyms: Antonyms: sufficient (it will do or barely will do)
suitable
fit for something
Antonyms:
inadequate
unsuitable
insufficient

4. Adequate
Which one of these represents adequate? Explain your choice.

5. Adequate Grade

6. Adequate
What is an adequate consequence for eating all of Mom’s homemade cookies, which you consumed before they even cooled!
You are banned from all sweets for a week.
You get sick from all the cookies.
You have to clean the garage and mow the yard for the next two weeks.
You have to buy more ingredients and bake another batch.

7. Adequate Something is adequate when . . . it suits a need or a purpose
it achieves what it need to but no more
it “will do”