dostateczny

Dostateczny is a Polish adjective meaning adequate or sufficient. It describes something that meets the required standard or expectation, but not at a high or exemplary level. The term can refer to amounts, quality, performance, or conditions and is often used to express a threshold that must be met.

In education, dostateczny is a defined grade on the Polish school grading scale. It indicates that a student has met the minimum acceptable criteria and passed the subject; it is distinct from higher grades such as dobry (good) or celujący (excellent). The exact numeric equivalent varies by system and school, but the sense remains: satisfactory attainment rather than distinction.

Dostateczny is also common in everyday language to describe adequacy: dostateczny poziom, dostateczne środki, or dostateczne warunki. The word is frequently paired with nouns to indicate sufficiency, often implying that improvements could be made but current state is enough to proceed.

Synonyms include wystarczający and adekwatny; antonyms include niewystarczający and nieadekwatny. The adverb form dostatecznie means “sufficiently” or “adequately.”