Difference between Adequate and Desirable

ADEQUATE vs DESIRABLE: NOUN

Worth having or seeking or achieving
Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
Worth having or seeking, as by being useful, advantageous, or pleasing.
Worth doing or achieving; advisable.
Arousing desire, especially sexual desire.
Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
Suitable, worthy to be desired.

Equal to requirement or occasion; commensurate; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit: as, means adequate to the object; an adequate comparison.
To make equal or adequate.
To attain equality with; equal.
Acceptable
About average

Worthy to be desired; that is to be wished for; fitted to excite a wish to possess.

Ample, Proper, Inadequate, Insufficient, Fair to middling, Equal to, Adequate to, Up to, Capable, Passable, Competent, Decent, Enough, Satisfactory, Sufficient

Attractive, Sexually attractive, In demand, Sought after, Plummy, Eligible, Delectable, Enviable, Worthy, Preferred, Coveted, Suitable, Desired, Preferable, Advantageous

Ample, Proper, Inadequate, Insufficient, Fair to middling, Equal to, Adequate to, Up to, Capable, Passable, Competent, Decent, Enough, Satisfactory, Sufficient

Attractive, Sexually attractive, In demand, Sought after, Plummy, Eligible, Delectable, Enviable, Worthy, Preferred, Coveted, Suitable, Desired, Preferable, Advantageous

The record is adequate to address these issues.
Commercially adequate access to public streets and ways?
Torres has not proved to be statistically adequate.
ERISA with the lack of adequate fiduciary standards.
Ensuring that adequate internal controls are in place.
Proposed Adequate Assurance of payment for postpetition services, and established procedures for resolving requests for additional adequate assurance of payment.
If it is determined that a BOS is not available at all or is not adequate, the customer should obtain an adequate BOS.
Adequate provision should be made to assemble in adequate quantities expertise that enables the court to respond to multiple protection and assistance needs.
However, the airport already has adequate capacity and will continue to have adequate capacity in the foreseeable future.
Other methods are not adequate and cannot be made adequate.

Early discussions are desirable, but not always possible.
Objectives should strengthen desirable conditions and offset threats.
Small effects may be desirable at no cost.
Trails are important and desirable in a community.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel is desirable.
This of course is neither possible nor desirable.
Is It Desirable to Have a World Government?
The park is surrounded by highly desirable residences.
Downloading may be accomplished when desirable during operations.
Not only is it desirable to identify connotative meaning, it also is desirable to quantify the intensity associated with a connotation.