adj.
VERBS
▪ be , prove , seem
▪ remain
▪ consider sth , think sth
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These measures are not considered ~ by conservationists.
ADVERB
▪ really , very
▪ perfectly , quite , totally
▪ more than
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The system is more than ~ to deal with any problems.
▪ barely , hardly , less than , not entirely , not wholly
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The financial assistance given to students is less than ~.
▪ merely
▪ more or less
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The amount of money we have been given is more or less ~.
▪ no longer
PREPOSITION
▪ for
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The old software is still perfectly ~ for most tasks.
Adequate is used with these nouns: ↑ amount , ↑ answer , ↑ assessment , ↑ compensation , ↑ consideration , ↑ defence , ↑ definition , ↑ degree , ↑ diet , ↑ evidence , ↑ exercise , ↑ explanation , ↑ facility , ↑ flow , ↑ food , ↑ fund , ↑ funding , ↑ housing , ↑ incentive , ↑ instruction , ↑ insurance , ↑ intake , ↑ job , ↑ justification , ↑ level , ↑ lighting , ↑ margin , ↑ nourishment , ↑ number , ↑ nutrition , ↑ pension , ↑ precaution , ↑ preparation , ↑ progress , ↑ protection , ↑ provision , ↑ reason , ↑ record , ↑ remedy , ↑ replacement , ↑ representation , ↑ reserve , ↑ resource , ↑ response , ↑ rest , ↑ return , ↑ safeguard , ↑ sanitation , ↑ service , ↑ sleep , ↑ space , ↑ standard , ↑ stock , ↑ substitute , ↑ supervision , ↑ supply , ↑ support , ↑ training , ↑ understanding , ↑ ventilation , ↑ warning