English noun: adequacy |
1. | adequacy (attribute) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: |
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| Samples | He questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule.
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| Synonyms | adequateness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | satisfactoriness |
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| Attribute | adequate, equal, inadequate, unequal |
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| Antonyms | inadequateness, inadequacy |
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2. | adequacy (attribute) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view |
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| Samples | He questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence.
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| Synonyms | sufficiency |
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| Broader (hypernym) | quality |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ampleness |
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| Attribute | ample, meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy |
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| Antonyms | inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency |
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