Crossword clues for adequacy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adequacy \Ad"e*qua*cy\, n. [See Adequate.] The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
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: adequateness] [ant: inadequacy]
the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" [syn: sufficiency] [ant: insufficiency, insufficiency]
Usage examples of "adequacy".
In the present instance, the whole strain of the argument comes upon the adequacy of the proposed test of truth, viz.
The two were ostensibly engaged in checking the mechanical adequacy of the refrigerated vivaria.
Questions were raised as to the adequacy of safety precautions taken by the City, but after expert testimony by City engineer Gordon Perkins these were dismissed.
In the strategic confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, the adequacy of air defences was a vital issue.
Under the circumstances, to confine the findings of the commission to an increased duty on lower-priced hats is, in one important particular, to fall short of the statutory responsibility undertaken when the commission ordered an investigation of the adequacy of the present 60 per cent ad valorem duty as a measure of equalized costs in the United States and foreign countries.
Washington Center advises NEADS that Flight 93 has crashed in PA More than the actual events,inaccurate government accounts of those events made it appear that the military was notified in time to respond to two of the hijackings,raising questions about the adequacy of the response.
In the strategic confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, the adequacy of air defences was a vital issue.
Perhaps but for the three days' rain he might have got away without a doubt as to his adequacy.