adequacy

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adequacy

  • /ˈædɪkwəsi/
  • /ˈædəkwəsi/

noun adequacies

  1. countable, uncountable The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs. His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.

    Similar: adequacy, enoughness, sufficience, sufficiency

Opposite: lack

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Opposite: lack

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noun sufficiency

Españolcantidad suficiente
日本語適切さ tekisetsusa
हिन्दीपर्याप्तता paryāptatā
Portuguêsadequação
DeutschBrauchbarkeit, Angemessenheit, Eignung

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@misc{adequacy_2026,
  title = {adequacy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adequacy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}