Sentence examples for is merely adequate from inspiring English sources

For a young singer it's often hard to recognise when a teacher is merely adequate.

Black-truffle risotto is merely adequate, although firm peas and tender pea sprouts add a fresh touch.

If Warner is merely adequate, the Giants at least acquired the most accomplished transitional quarterback to ease the rookie Eli Manning's eventual takeover.

Although his singing is merely adequate, Mr. Levi brings a vitality and off-kilter humor to his performance and succeeds in rubbing away some of Aaron's more generic qualities with his warmly quirky line readings.

Though the area is often overrun with tourists, you can escape most of the crowds by taking a five-minute walk uphill to Weingut am Reisenberg, Oberer Reisenbergweg 15, (43-1) 320-9393, where the wine is merely adequate but the view over the city is panoramic.

Ben Stiller is merely adequate as the voice of the timid lion who chairs the expedition, and the reliably annoying Chris Rock does his usual lame shtick as the witless sidekick, ripping off the role Eddie Murphy perfected in the Shrek films.

FOR far too long — more than a dozen years — Thomas Bifulco's living conditions were merely adequate.

But many of the other hitters were merely adequate for their positions, and Roger Clemens had a rough introduction to New York.

Although Carew actually spent more time at first base than at second, and was merely adequate at second, Grich was one of the top defenders at his position.

But he was merely adequate in the field and slow on the bases, so his candidacy rested mostly on his performance in the batter's box.

If this new piece had been merely adequate, the crowd would have been happy, but it turned out to be a lucid, vivid, potent score — one of the most immediately likable works in Carter's huge and sometimes forbidding output.