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adequate
 
ADJECTIVE:1. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, all right, average, common, decent, fair, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable. Informal : OK, tidy. See GOOD. 2. Being what is needed without being in excess: comfortable, competent, decent, enough, satisfactory, sufficient. See EXCESS.
 
 
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