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adequate substitute

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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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Examples of adequate substitute


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What happens, for example, when representation is no longer merely mimesis but a more than adequatesubstitute, when paper becomes more or better than gold?
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 an adequatesubstitute.
References to important papers are to be found scattered among the notes at the back of the book, but these are not really an adequatesubstitute for a proper bibliography.
If these services are important they should either be maintained or a full and adequatesubstitute service run in their place.
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The best institution in the world cannot provide an entirely adequatesubstitute.
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However, they are not at present an adequatesubstitute for underground testing.
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I do not think that anybody really deludes themselves into thinking that training is an adequatesubstitute for actually doing a job.
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The point of my amendment was to suggest that qualified privilege was a more than adequatesubstitute for absolute privilege.
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One vessel, however powerfully armed and however speedy, can never be an adequatesubstitute for a multiplicity of weaker units.
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They are not convinced that e-commerce, the universal bank and general practitioner services will provide adequatesubstitute income.
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Nor is there on the market any adequatesubstitute for the trike yet available in a way which can be readily bought.
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He appears to believe that that is an adequatesubstitute for general measures to improve profitability throughout industry.
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I suggest that this train is not an adequatesubstitute.
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In other words, this overlap theory is not an adequatesubstitute for comprehensive education.
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Import levies alone would certainly not be an adequatesubstitute for the present guarantee system.
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That is not an adequatesubstitute for an adequate health service.
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Everybody is against them, but nobody can find an adequatesubstitute.
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The most minute scrutiny of the documents of the case affords no adequatesubstitute for such testimony.
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