Adequacy

//ˈædɪkwəsi// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs. countable, uncountable

    "His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt."

  2. 2
    the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: wordnet
  3. 3
    the quality of being sufficient for the end in view wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
sufficiencyabilityabundanceadequatenessadmissibilitycaliber

Example

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"We always need others even if one is in adequacy with oneself me. The doubt! We also say, better to be wrong together than to be right alone."

Etymology

From adequate + -cy.

Related phrases

capital adequacydelusion of adequacy

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