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Definition of Adequacy

1. Noun. The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:. "He questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"

2. Noun. The quality of being sufficient for the end in view. "He questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

Definition of Adequacy

1. n. The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.

Definition of Adequacy

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adequacy

1. the state of being adequate [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adequacy

adepescent adeps adeps lanae adeps renis adept adepter adeptest adeption adeptist adeptists

adeptly adeptness adeptnesses adepts adequacies adequacy (current term) adequal adequal cleavage adequate adequate stimulus

adequate to(p) adequated adequately adequately wet adequateness adequatenesses adequates adequating adequation adequations

Literary usage of Adequacy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poverty and Riches: A Study of the Industrial Régime by Scott Nearing (1916)
"The Phases of Wage adequacy An adequate wage is one that will provide ... There are three directions in which the adequacy of this wage may be measured: 1. ..."

2. Conditions of Labor in American Industries: A Summarization of the Results by William Jett Lauck, Edgar Sydenstricker (1917)
"They are briefly presented under the following heads: (1) The adequacy of earnings of male workers to support families; (2) The adequacy of women's wages to ..."

3. The Foundations of Legal Liability: A Presentation of the Theory and by Thomas Atkins Street (1906)
"adequacy of Consideration. The subject of adequacy of consideration can be ... Strictly speaking, the adequacy of a consideration is not a question for ..."

4. Government ownership of railways by Samuel Orace Dunn (1913)
"CHAPTER X adequacy OF SERVICE THE economy with which railways are managed is of great public importance, but hardly less important and in some respects more ..."

5. Bradbury's Workmen's Compensation and State Insurance Law by Harry Bower Bradbury (1914)
"Determining adequacy of lump sum paid under agreement. An agreement for the redemption of a weekly payment by a lump sum was sent to a registrar to record. ..."

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