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[ adjective ] having the requisite qualities for

Examples

"equal to the task" "the work isn't up to the standard I require"

Related terms

adequate

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[ adjective ] having the requisite qualities for

Examples

"equal to the task" "the work isn't up to the standard I require"

Used in print

(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)

For_one_thing , although considerable numbers of men have been trained , bureaucracies are still deficient in many respects ; even the famed Indian_Civil_Service is not fully adequate_to the tremendous range of tasks it has undertaken .

Related terms

adequate

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