"adequate without" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It can be used when describing something that is sufficient or satisfactory even when lacking something else. Example: "The meal was adequate without any additional seasoning, but it could have been even better with some salt and pepper."
The secondary roles were also adequate without being altogether compelling.
Sweets like galaktoboureko, with a dense custard filling, and walnut cake were adequate without being notable.
But beyond a certain point, additional consumption raises the bar that defines what counts as adequate, without any increase in objective measures of well-being.
22): If parents in the United States are genuinely concerned about limiting the power of the gun lobby in order to protect their children, their efforts will not be adequate without a critical review of Hollywood's violence, which Logan describes as "merely a weak imitation of what the Greeks recited for centuries".
Arguments to a sustaining cause of the cosmos claim that explanations of why something exists now cannot be adequate without assuming a present, contemporaneous sustaining cause.
No single patient was rated at a given level for the maximum of 15 points available by any of the raters, indicating that the range of the scales is adequate without obvious ceiling effect.
Still, there was general agreement among Republicans that Washington, particularly Congress and the bureaucrats, had a habit of imposing mandates without adequate consultation and without adequate financing.
The juveniles who are imprisoned because of mental illness are often without adequate treatment and without hope of recovery.
The board issued an order revoking the physician's medical license early this month after determining the diagnosis was hasty and "grossly negligent" because it was made "without adequate basis, and without adequate research and study," according to its ruling.
The new sales tax would promote growth by raising adequate revenue without taxing savings.
The senators have argued they can't perform adequate oversight without reviewing the contents of the opinions.
