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"tags": [
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},
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"form": "more adequate",
"tags": [
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{
"text": "It is very hard to provide a simple but adequate explanation."
},
{
"text": "She left her other job so that she could devote adequate time to the school."
},
{
"text": "A small knife is adequate for this purpose."
},
{
"text": "By 1922, the single school-room was no longer adequate to meet the needs of the town."
}
],
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"If something is adequate, it is good enough."
],
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"word": "sufficient"
},
{
"word": "acceptable"
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{
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈæ.də.kwɪt/",
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"text": "It is very hard to provide a simple but adequate explanation."
},
{
"text": "She left her other job so that she could devote adequate time to the school."
},
{
"text": "A small knife is adequate for this purpose."
},
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"text": "By 1922, the single school-room was no longer adequate to meet the needs of the town."
}
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],
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