adequate substitute
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadequateandsubstitute
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adequate
adjective
uk/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory for a ...
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substitute
noun[C]
uk/ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈsʌb.stə.tuːt/
a thing or person that is used instead of another thing ...
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(Definition ofadequateandsubstitutefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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What happens, for example, when representation is no longer merely mimesis but a more thanadequatesubstitute, when paper becomes more or better than gold?
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When the land has particular value to the intended beneficiary or when transaction costs make finding suitable land difficult, a monetary gift may not be anadequatesubstitute.
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References to important papers are to be found scattered among the notes at the back of the book, but these are not really anadequatesubstitutefor a proper bibliography.
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If these services are important they should either be maintained or a full andadequatesubstituteservice run in their place.
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The best institution in the world cannot provide an entirelyadequatesubstitute.
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However, they are not at present anadequatesubstitutefor underground testing.
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I do not think that anybody really deludes themselves into thinking that training is anadequatesubstitutefor actually doing a job.
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The point of my amendment was to suggest that qualified privilege was a more thanadequatesubstitutefor absolute privilege.
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One vessel, however powerfully armed and however speedy, can never be anadequatesubstitutefor a multiplicity of weaker units.
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They are not convinced that e-commerce, the universal bank and general practitioner services will provideadequatesubstituteincome.
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Nor is there on the market anyadequatesubstitutefor the trike yet available in a way which can be readily bought.
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He appears to believe that that is anadequatesubstitutefor general measures to improve profitability throughout industry.
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I suggest that this train is not anadequatesubstitute.
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In other words, this overlap theory is not anadequatesubstitutefor comprehensive education.
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Import levies alone would certainly not be anadequatesubstitutefor the present guarantee system.
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That is not anadequatesubstitutefor an adequate health service.
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Everybody is against them, but nobody can find anadequatesubstitute.
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The most minute scrutiny of the documents of the case affords noadequatesubstitutefor such testimony.
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