"good enough" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} good enough (not comparable)
  1. acceptable, adequate for the purpose (though imperfect) Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: satisfactory Derived forms: good enough for government work, good enough for jazz, good enough to eat, perfect is the enemy of good enough Translations (of an acceptable quality or state): bra nok (Norwegian), god nok (Norwegian), yeterince iyi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-good_enough-en-adj-bgjlUmoF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'of an acceptable quality or state': 100 0
  2. (with to, often in requests) so kind (as to) Tags: not-comparable, often
    Sense id: en-good_enough-en-adj-~nTt4tGQ

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