adequate justification

collocation in English

meaningsofadequateandjustification

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adequate
adjective
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/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us
/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory for a ...
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justification
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdʒʌs.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdʒʌs.tə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a good reason or explanation ...
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(Definition ofadequateandjustificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But if this were the case, how could the existence of the human-rights-friendly elements of the tradition be anadequatejustificationfor human rights?
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Is there anadequatejustificationand description of the sampling strategy?
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The aim of this discussion is to suggest that the incomparability of alternatives need not preclude the possibility ofadequatejustificationin choosing one alternative over another.
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That is not anadequatejustificationfor that being the standard set.
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That is not anadequatejustificationof a detailed experimental scheme of vouchers.
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There surely can be noadequatejustificationfor this proposed action.
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The many incidents that have been made public provideadequatejustificationfor the widespread support of that view.
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A unilateral embargo on trade, withoutadequatejustification, would not be in the national interest.
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I am not convinced that there isadequatejustificationfor overturning this systematic basis of charging by making an exception for one particular service trade.
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However, a unilateral embargo on imports withoutadequatejustificationwould not be in the national interest.
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It is a piece of retrospective legislation, and that always needs careful scrutiny andadequatejustification.
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First there may be an attempt to preserve thestatus quoby making it difficult to increase the establishment without anadequatejustification.
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In practice, the centre has yet to encounter anadequatejustificationfor excluding a young person who is keen to attend.
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That hardly seems to meadequatejustificationfor a barrage that will inevitably do a great deal of environmental damage.
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It is not even as though there was anyadequatejustificationfor the arguments about increases in cost.
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The existence of a partner relationship was to beadequatejustificationfor family reunification.
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It does not provideadequatejustificationfor the new priorities that are being proposed.
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As such, and provided there isadequatejustification, their use should be encouraged, subject only to such restrictions as are really necessary.
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I am bound to oppose legislation that, withoutadequatejustification, would take away the civil liberties of many people.
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But the question is whether we really take the view that a short-term embarrassment of this sort isadequatejustificationfor the constitutional change involved.
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