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It is a phonetic misspelling of "adequate".
Adequate means "good enough", "satisfactory" or "meets standards".
BUT there is a strong implication that it's "just BARELY good enough", and so is often used to indicate an extreme lack of enthusiasm or contempt for whatever it is that is adequate.
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