adequateness

noun

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  1. adequacy
  2. usefulness
  3. acceptability
  4. expediency
  5. convenience
  6. applicability
  7. validity
  8. relevance
Noun
  • Employers should also remain mindful that, in the absence of a prescribed form, the adequacy of any notice may ultimately be evaluated in the context of enforcement activity or complaints.
    — Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • More than half of the regions NERC studied could face resource-adequacy problems in that window, a worsening outlook that the group partly attributes to data centers.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Definition of adequacy
Noun
  • Their focus is on speed, reusability and homegrown security rather than payload, limiting their usefulness for the military.
    — Gerry Doyle, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • But even though the company had quickly grown into a market leader, Bensamoun kept hearing customers complain about the device's usefulness.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • The rate has been gradually dropping for decades, due to cigarette taxes, tobacco product price hikes, smoking bans, public education campaigns and changes in the social acceptability of lighting up in public.
    — Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • People who feel othered often describe exhaustion from performing acceptability.
    — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Definition of acceptability
Noun
  • But, again, is acting out of expediency and the desire to streamline a conclusive end the same as delivering a final season representing the best of The Bear?
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • These first citations demonstrate how the idea of a United States of America enlarged itself gradually out of practical expediencies.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of expediency
Noun
  • Express Flooring built its business on convenience, sending consultants to customers’ homes with samples rather than asking them to visit a store.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • Ubiquitous availability of gambling may be a convenience for the majority, paid for dearly by the minority for whom constant access challenges their self-control.
    — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
Definition of convenience
Noun
  • Still, the reason Belmont endures is its plain language and broad applicability.
    — Stephanie Haridopolos, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026
  • Set that against Microsoft's research mapping AI applicability across occupations, which scores knowledge and information work highest and physical labor lowest, and an unnerving pattern surfaces.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of applicability
Noun
  • The photo only led to more questions about McConnell’s health as many people doubted the photo’s validity.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 July 2026
  • Garbrandt didn’t really complain after Dean’s decision, and that’s a major indicator of the validity of the ref’s decision.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
Definition of validity
Noun
  • For brands and designers, that means circular denim with different weights, constructions, hand feels, silhouettes and end uses while maintaining the performance and aesthetic relevance demanded by the global denim market.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • Take action to protect your identity Offers in this section are from affiliate partners and selected based on a combination of engagement, product relevance, compensation, and consistent availability.
    — Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of relevance
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“Adequateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adequateness. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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