Sentence examples for adequate sufficient from inspiring English sources

The phrase "adequate sufficient" is not correct and is redundant in written English.
You can use it when discussing the sufficiency of something, but it is better to choose one of the terms instead of using both together.
Example: "The resources provided were adequate sufficient for the project." (This should be revised to either "adequate" or "sufficient.")
Alternatives: "sufficient" or "adequate."

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And they are struggling with a lack of adequate, sufficient or affordable care services.

It's a pleasant activity because it organises and confirms, but it produces the fantasy that a lazy reading – not even a reading, but a looking – is adequate, sufficient, complete, correct.

Field definition and image clarity are graded as inadequate for reading or grading, adequate (sufficient visualization of disc, macula, and vessels to grade), and good (small vessels or retinal details visible across 90% of the image) [ 9].

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As far as they can see, Mrs. Merkel and her fellow euro-zone leaders haven't come up with an adequate plan, sufficient political will or sufficient cash to halt the contagion.

"What has been done through the security council is quite adequate and sufficient".

Not products that were adequate or sufficient or OK; not products a little bit better than capitalism's.

Medication can be a helpful and important component of treatment, but medication alone is rarely an adequate or sufficient intervention.

"Over all, the North American grid and bulk power supply continue to be adequate, and sufficient plans are in place," said Gerry Cauley, president and chief executive.

In a statement issued today in Washington, the agency said that Samaritan's Purse had not violated federal guidelines and had a good track record, but it emphasized that the group had to "maintain adequate and sufficient separation between its prayer sessions and its U.S.A.I.D.-funded activities," to avoid the appearance that federal money was being used to finance proselytizing.

Adequate or sufficient sleep has been considered as an essential part of optimal health.

Among its reasoning was that it found the Swedish system to have provided "adequate and sufficient guarantees against arbitrariness and the risk of abuse".

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