good enough

See also: Goodenough

English

Adjective

good enough (not comparable)

1. acceptable, adequate for the purpose (though imperfect)

   I used to feel not good enough.

   • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Evacuating Thessia:

     So you survived our fight on Thessia. You're not as weak as I thought. But never forget that your best wasn't good enough to stop me. Now an entire planet is dying because you lacked the strength to win. The legend of Shepard needs to be re-written. I hope I'm there for the last chapter. It ends with your death.
     -KL

2. (with to, often in requests) so kind (as to)

   Would you be good enough to bring me a cup of tea, please?

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:satisfactory

Derived terms

• good enough for government work
• good enough for jazz
• good enough to eat
• perfect is the enemy of good enough

Translations

of an acceptable quality or state

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 差不多 (zh) (chàbuduō, literally “not much difference”)

• Norwegian: bra nok (no), god nok (no)
• Turkish: yeterince iyi