adequacy

ad·e·qua·cy

noun \ˈa-di-kwə-sē\

plural ad·e·qua·cies

Definition of ADEQUACY

: the quality or state of being adequate

Examples of ADEQUACY

1. <the fire department sent someone to determine the adequacy of the building's evacuation plan>

First Known Use of ADEQUACY

1808

Related to ADEQUACY

Synonyms: acceptability, sufficiency, satisfactoriness

Antonyms: inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, unsatisfactoriness

Related Words: appropriateness, correctness, fitness, goodness, properness, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness, tolerability; bountifulness, copiousness; excess, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit, surplus; abundance, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty

Near Antonyms: lack, want; crunch, dearth, deficit, famine, lack, shortage; meagerness, paucity, poorness, poverty, rareness, rarity, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, skimpiness; necessity, need, privation

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