The phrase "adequate tribute" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sufficient or appropriate expression of respect, admiration, or honor towards someone or something.
Example: "The ceremony was an adequate tribute to the contributions of the late scientist, highlighting her groundbreaking work in the field."
Alternatives: "suitable homage" or "proper recognition".
Not paying attention is unthinkable, but it's even harder to think of an adequate tribute.
The director also condemned the International Olympic Committee for failing to pay adequate tribute to the Israeli athletes who were killed during a botched rescue attempt in Munich.
I could never pay adequate tribute to how much he had once inspired me, in a place that at times seemed almost as distant from America as the moon.
Obviously there could be no adequate tribute to Mr. McGoohan, who died in January at the age of 80 and will be forever identified with the character he created.
When Donald Trump, who last year signed a bill to end a mild Obama-era rule designed to keep mass-killing weapons out of the hands of people with certain mental illnesses, talks about reporting people who are "mentally disturbed" to the proper authorities — well, irony piles upon irony, and the only adequate tribute is contempt and silence.
I have no mind to try to pay adequate tribute to him here.
Was the tribute adequate, relevant, and appropriate?
The staged tribute to Houston consisted of Jennifer Hudson doing a technically adequate cover of Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You," which reproduced none of the singer's exquisite control.
By building on the profession of system dynamics, Ruth and Hannon con tribute to movement away from purely mental models, which necessarily lack adequate precision, toward more insightful and disciplined computer simulation models.
Oscar could thus pay tribute to a trooper and to a film for which it could not otherwise find an adequate reward.But there are problems here.
