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The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily
Answer for the clue "The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily ", 12 letters:
adequateness
Word definitions for adequateness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adequateness \Ad"e*quate*ness\, n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" [syn: adequacy ] [ant: inadequacy ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being adequate or of meeting needs or expectations.
Usage examples of adequateness.
These questions can refer to cosmological ideas only, because the object must be given empirically, and the question only refers to the adequateness of it to an idea.