Adequate and Unbearable

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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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Unbearable is an antonym for adequate.

Nearby Words: adequately, adequacy, adequation

Unbearable adjective - More than can be put up with.

Usage example: this heat is unbearable—when are we going to get air-conditioning?

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Adequate is an antonym for unbearable.

Nearby Word: unbearably

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Unbearable and Adequate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adequate/unbearable

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