How to Use adequate in a Sentence

adequate

adjective

• The food was more than adequate for the six of us.
• The machine does an adequate job.
• The school lunch should be adequate to meet the nutritional needs of growing children.
• The quality of his work was only adequate.
• Your grades are adequate but I think you can do better.
• The quality of his work was perfectly adequate.
• The garden hasn't been getting adequate water.
• The tent should provide adequate protection from the elements.
• Without the presence of adequate airflow, the dust has no where to go and settles on various surfaces.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2024
• Advertisement —Finding adequate offensive linemen in the portal, on the other hand, has been a mixed bag at best.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
• The audit further dinged the port for its lack of timelines, measurements and adequate accountability with its contractors.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• Since becoming a mom, Chan has experienced difficulties getting an adequate amount of shut-eye.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
• Lee’s family expressed concern that prosecutors had not given them adequate notice about the move to vacate the conviction.
  — Michael Levenson, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2022
• The complaint also alleges that in some cases detainees did not receive adequate medical care as a retaliatory practice to their speaking out.
  — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
• Cellebrite and other digital forensic companies also must conduct adequate due diligence to ensure that their products are not used in a way which contributes to human rights abuses.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 16 Dec. 2024
• Lack of adequate sleep can lead to physical health issues, such as Type 2 diabetes and obesity, as well as mental health problems and trouble focusing.
  — Fortune, 19 Sep. 2022
• If this is not present in an adequate amount, then leave and go to line 20.
  — Zachary MacK, The Verge, 2 July 2019
• The reply from the Nunes camp seems…less than adequate.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 1 Feb. 2018
• Then plant the bulb in a pot with adequate drainage, leaving about a third of the bulb exposed.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023
• What used to be considered adequate in the 15% to 18% range is no longer the norm.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
• Lake says that gives her all the more reason to take adequate time away.
  — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 19 June 2018
• But lawyers handling the city's case say that's not adequate.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
• Some mothers who would like to work lack adequate child care to do so.
  — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
• The silverware and dishes were clean, and the meals were adequate.
  — Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• If the snowfall doesn't last long, installing a set of skid chains is adequate.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2022
• Check roast after two hours to make sure there is still adequate liquid in the pan.
  — The View, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
• Leg and headroom are more than adequate even for those over six feet tall.
  — Dan Seifert, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023
• The district hopes that the extra day off will give teachers adequate time to prepare for the week.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2022
• Several of my day lily clumps and a stand of Salvia looked quite adequate for the purpose.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2017
• But these types of networks aren't yet adequate to meet the demand.
  — Kimberly Leonard, Washington Examiner, 24 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 1 Jan 2025