adequacy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for adequacy
Synonyms
acceptability, satisfactoriness, sufficiency
Antonyms
inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, unsatisfactoriness
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In the meeting, much of the focus from officials was on the massive amounts of personal data tech companies collect from their users, and the adequacy and transparency of their terms of use. — Cameron Mcwhirter, WSJ, "State Officials Weigh Joint Probes of Big Tech Companies," 25 Sep. 2018 Its capital adequacy was slightly below analyst estimates. — Hanna Hoikkala, Bloomberg.com, "Banking Brilliance Has Suffered a Serious Setback in the Nordics," 1 May 2018 Schmidt and other conservatives have continued calls that started last April for a constitutional amendment barring the Supreme Court from determining financial adequacy, giving full decision-making power to the Legislature. — John Hanna, The Seattle Times, "Kansas high court again orders state to boost school funding," 25 June 2018 Rankings are based on measures such as clinical outcomes, mortality and infection rates, staffing adequacy and compliance with best practices, to name a few. — Ashley May, USA TODAY, "Best children's hospitals of 2018 ranked by U.S. News & World Report," 26 June 2018 And next week, the Fed will say whether Deutsche Bank passed a stress test that measures the adequacy of its capital and risk controls. 1. — Steven Arons, Bloomberg.com, "Why Deutsche Bank Can’t Just Shake Off Its Problems," 24 June 2018 Shifts in their value affect the banks’ capital-adequacy ratios, pushing them to adjust their risk posture. — The Economist, "Rate rises affect global markets—and may feed back to America," 14 June 2018 In a five-page order Tuesday, Jackson mostly denied Manafort’s challenge to the legal adequacy of his indictment in the District of Columbia for conspiracy and money laundering brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, "Judge orders Mueller probe to turn over names of European politicians in alleged Manafort scheme," 13 June 2018 At Svenska Handelsbanken AB, the Nordic lender with the biggest exposure to the U.K., capital adequacy declined while profit missed analyst estimates. — Hanna Hoikkala, Bloomberg.com, "Banking Brilliance Has Suffered a Serious Setback in the Nordics," 1 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adequacy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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