Adequate and Pitiful

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Adequate adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.

Usage example: this old computer is probably adequate if you just want to type a term paper

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Pitiful is an antonym for adequate.

Nearby Words: adequately, adequacy, adequation

Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

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Adequate is an antonym for pitiful in inadequate topic.

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully

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