The phrase "abusive enough" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a level of abuse that meets or exceeds a certain threshold in various contexts, such as discussions about behavior or treatment.
Example: "The comments made during the meeting were abusive enough to warrant a formal complaint."
Alternatives: "sufficiently abusive" or "adequately abusive".
But there are all sorts of examples, including from recent history, demonstrating that even the most seemingly insurmountable institutions can be weakened or uprooted when they become abusive enough.
I grew up among blood relatives who, while not nearly as cold or as mean as Cornwell's adoptive family, were controlling, neglectful and occasionally abusive enough to cause me to feel quite out of place among my "own" people.
Citing and praising Silverman's post, Garner says, What we need more of, now that newspaper book sections are shrinking and vanishing like glaciers, are excellent and authoritative and punishing critics — perceptive enough to single out the voices that matter for legitimate praise, abusive enough to remind us that not everyone gets, or deserves, a gold star.
What we need more of, now that newspaper book sections are shrinking and vanishing like glaciers, are excellent and authoritative and punishing critics — perceptive enough to single out the voices that matter for legitimate praise, abusive enough to remind us that not everyone gets, or deserves, a gold star.
One of them, when he found out that I'd been home-schooled, asked me in his uncomfortable, halting way how my parents could've been abusive enough to prevent me from gaining access to socialization.
But with the rule in place, it became less clear with every year just what situations were covered and what practices a "reasonable person" would judge "severe" or "abusive" or "pervasive" enough to qualify as a hostile environment.
Mr. Gibson's abusive behavior seems obvious enough to put him in bad repute, and deservedly so.
Recently, attention has focused more directly on whether Benedict, before becoming pope, and his direct subordinates acted strongly enough against abusive clergy members.
The cardinal acknowledged being caught between Catholics who feel he has not dealt strongly enough with abusive priests and parishioners who say their pastors have been treated too harshly by being dismissed for long-ago transgressions.
In interviews, more than a dozen of the monsignor's critics said the team had not dealt forcefully enough with abusive priests during the time the monsignor served on it, during much of the 1990's, and had not been supportive enough of those who complained of abuse.
Doesn't Linda put up with enough from her abusive louse of a husband, Chuck Traynor (Zach Wegner), without having to wear that toxic weave?
