adequacy
noun
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When we question the adequacy of health-care coverage, or parking facilities, or school funding, we're asking if they are equal to our need. The adjective adequate means "enough" or "acceptable"—though in sentences like "His performance was adequate", it really means "no better than acceptable".
Examples of adequacy in a Sentence
Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
Once in-person learning resumed, the focus of the litigation shifted to the harms that students had suffered and the adequacy of recovery efforts.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor the Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
—Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
On the basis of the new adequacy decision, personal data can flow safely from the EU to US companies participating in the Framework, without having to put in place additional data protection safeguards.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 10 July 2023
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
—Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
The board also approved three contracts for resource adequacy — that is, agreements to make sure SDCP meets requirements set by the California Public Utilities Commission that energy providers have collectively lined up enough capacity and reserves to maintain the state’s electric system.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
The book incited a vehement debate about Myerson’s adequacy as a mother that seized British media.
—Naomi Huffman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2024
With his scientist’s brain, Chris Slay could not help but linger on a truism from biology: The result of natural selection is adequacy, not perfection.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
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“Adequacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adequacy. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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