satisfactory substitute

collocation in English

meaningsofsatisfactoryandsubstitute

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satisfactory
adjective
uk
/ˌsæt.ɪsˈfæk.tər.i/us
/ˌsæt̬.ɪsˈfæk.tɚ.i/
good or good enough for a particular need ...
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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 ofsatisfactoryandsubstitutefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsatisfactory substitute

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Does he think that the farming community would find his sympathy asatisfactorysubstitutefor the comprehensive stability which they have now?
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Research on mole control continues, but nosatisfactorysubstitutefor strychnine has been found.
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I am told that there is nosatisfactorysubstitutefor the use of petrol in this process.
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It would be asatisfactorysubstitutefor the first two clauses.
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It will be nosatisfactorysubstitutefor the 1972 legislation, which we should not have rushed to strike down in this way.
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Means-tested supplementary benefit should never be regarded as asatisfactorysubstitutefor an adequate benefit as of right when people cannot work.
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Conventional expenditure may be an alternative; it is certainly not asatisfactorysubstitute.
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Although they felt great reluctance, to accommodate this they had to dismiss her whollysatisfactorysubstitute.
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Sign language is clearly not asatisfactorysubstitutefor subtitling and would add little to a programme which is already subtitled.
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I do not myself think that filing space in desks is at all asatisfactorysubstitutefor filing cabinets.
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A system of time off for good behaviour, run by the prison authority, is not asatisfactorysubstitute.
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Asatisfactorysubstitutefor internal use has already been invented.
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No one could find asatisfactorysubstitutefor it.
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It has been suggested that drag hunting would be asatisfactorysubstitutefor hunting.
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Hardening can never be asatisfactorysubstitutefor dispersal or—preferably, operationally speaking—first strike.
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I have failed to detect anysatisfactorysubstitutewhich has been put forward.
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I do not believe that local administration is asatisfactorysubstitutefor local democracy.
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At least, as far as has been discovered at present, there is nosatisfactorysubstitutefor it.
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Fostering has not been asatisfactorysubstitute, and it applies to a large number of children.
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