The phrase "adequate preparation for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the necessary steps or actions taken to ensure readiness for a specific event or task.
Example: "Adequate preparation for the exam is essential to achieve a good score."
Alternatives: "sufficient preparation for" or "proper preparation for".
(She threw up twice; New York subways are not adequate preparation for winding roads).
The idea that completing high school is adequate preparation for professional life is outdated.
Were the physical risks she took in "Beloved," which included being covered with bugs and mud, an adequate preparation for making an action picture like "M i-2"?
But nothing on television can provide adequate preparation for the startling, exhilarating, bewildering, exhausting experience that is a live English professional soccer match.
There I was, thinking that story hour at the library, bird-watching out the kitchen window and frequent visits to Dunkin' Donuts were adequate preparation for 2-year-olds for life in the fast lane.
It seems trite in the extreme to say this, but just as there is no adequate preparation for losing a parent, so there is none for being in charge of one in unaccustomed ways.
The former Northern Ireland Office permanent secretary is also expected to say that the UK and the US failed to make adequate preparations for the aftermath of the invasion.
Many picketing workers and many labor leaders criticized the food and commercial workers' union for not making adequate preparations for a long dispute and for not maximizing pressure on the companies early on.
Eventually there will be no disguising the fact that thanks to the tax cut the nation has failed to make adequate preparations for the demographic deluge, that money that was supposed to be accumulated to pay retirement benefits has been used instead to provide big tax cuts to the very, very affluent.
Some scientists are worried that the plants haven't made adequate preparations for the storm — and that with storms getting worse due to climate change, the current regulations won't be enough to keep nuclear plants from flooding and melting down.
Literature shows that 61% of pregnant women had adequate preparations for delivery, while only 4.8% had preparation for emergency complications [ 17].
