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good for

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cut out for adj.
efficient adj.
helpful adj.

ADJECTIVE

cut out for

Synonyms

WEAK

adequate competent designed equipped fit fitted qualified suitable suited

Antonyms

WEAK

inadequate incompetent unfitted unqualified unsuitable unsuited wrong

ADJECTIVE

efficient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

able active adept adequate capable competent decisive dynamic economical effective energetic potent powerful productive profitable skilled skillful tough useful valuable

WEAK

accomplished adapted apt businesslike clever conducive deft economic effectual efficacious equal to experienced expert familiar with fitted good at handy masterly organized practiced proficient qualified ready saving shrewd systematic talented virtuous well-organized

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delicate fragile idle impotent inactive inadequate incapable incompetent ineffective inept lazy sluggish unable unskilled unskillful useless weak worthless

WEAK

helpless inefficient powerless

ADJECTIVE

helpful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accessible advantageous applicable conducive constructive convenient cooperative crucial essential favorable friendly important invaluable practical productive profitable significant suitable supportive sympathetic timely useful valuable

WEAK

accommodating benevolent bettering caring considerate contributive effectual efficacious fortunate improving instrumental kind neighborly operative pragmatic serendipitous serviceable symbiotic usable utilitarian

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cold cool disagreeable hindering hurting inappropriate inessential injurious inopportune insignificant minor nonessential trivial unfavorable unfriendly unhelpful unimportant unsociable unsuitable useless worthless

WEAK

disadvantageous harmful hurtful unconstructive

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good for

Whether the protocols are straightforwardly good for you depends on who you ask.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

Or that, even if it does happen, that might not be good for the economy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"We're happy about the investment, and I think it will do a lot of good for the bilateral relations between the US and Finland," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

BBC commentator and former 1500m world champion Steve Cram said: "The key is the exposure of it. It's good for the sport. It's really good for the profile of the athletes."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The loaf of bread was already as hard as a rock, no good for anything but boiled dumplings.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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