adequateness

noun

Definition of adequatenessnext
as in adequacy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adequateness
  1. adequacy
  2. usefulness
  3. acceptability
  4. expediency
  5. convenience
  6. applicability
  7. validity
  8. relevance
Noun
  • The formula set a district’s adequacy target based on factors like demographics, enrollment and student needs.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Employers and health plans should evaluate newly available claims data to assess timing and adequacy of prenatal visits, postpartum visits, and appropriate vaccination both before and during pregnancy to protect the mother and her newborn.
    — Jeff Levin-Scherz, STAT, 23 July 2026
Definition of adequacy
Noun
  • Advertisement McKleroy, meanwhile, likes to over-research, add more information, and complicate projects past the point of usefulness.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Because the watermark degrades with more thorough editing or in shorter samples of text, its usefulness may also be uneven depending on the department or assignment.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • Today, everyone from the Economist to the New York Times has heralded the coming psychedelics renaissance, as hallucinogens begin to gain greater cultural, medical and commercial acceptability.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of acceptability
Noun
  • With competition so fierce in the race to build and release the latest AI models however, the expediency of shaving off every possible drag on speed trumps all.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The desire for expediency—get-rich-quick schemes—almost inevitably leads to disaster, as the lure of wealth often culminates in despair—a roller-coaster lifestyle—without a methodical result-yielding strategy.
    — David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of expediency
Noun
  • Please use your platform to advise her to drop this user and move on to a guy who respects and values her as a person, not just a convenience.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • For Juliet, hiring a guide is a travel philosophy, not just a convenience.
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 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 crux of the dispute surrounds the validity of a contract extension option for Mateta, one which Palace exercised in December 2024.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • As enterprise value continues to shift toward intangible assets, IP ownership, validity and enforceability directly inform valuation defensibility and post closing performance assumptions.
    — Keegan Caldwell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of validity
Noun
  • His key priorities include making the brand more compelling to consumers through innovation, cultural relevance, and value.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The technology was developed for nuclear plants in the United States and could have relevance for facilities using similar ice condenser systems in countries including Japan and Finland.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of relevance
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“Adequateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adequateness. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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