adequacy

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

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


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  • adequacy — UK US /ˈædəkwəsi/ noun [U] ► the quality of being good enough for a particular purpose: the adequacy of sth »Questions were raised about the adequacy of the firm s control procedures. → See also CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO(Cf. ↑capital adequacy ratio) …   Financial and business terms

  • adequacy — I noun ability, ableness, acceptability, admissibility, caliber, capability, capacity, competence, competency, completeness, contentment, deftness, efficacy, efficiency, employability, fitness, proficiency, qualification, satisfaction,… …   Law 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • adequacy — [n] ability, competency in some action capability, capacity, commensurateness, competence, enough, fairness, plenty, requisiteness, satisfactoriness, sufficiency, suitableness, tolerableness; concepts 636,656 Ant. inadequacy, inadequateness,… …   New thesaurus

  • adequacy — [ad′i kwə sē] n. the quality or state of being adequate …   English World dictionary

  • adequacy — [[t]æ̱dɪkwəsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu N of n Adequacy is the quality of being good enough or great enough in amount to be acceptable. I am very critical of the adequacy of Britain s race laws... Several studies point to a real cause for concern over… …   English dictionary

  • adequacy — noun 1) the adequacy of the existing services Syn: satisfactoriness, acceptability, acceptableness; sufficiency 2) he had deep misgivings about his own adequacy Syn: capability, competence, ability, aptitude, suitability; effectiveness …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • adequacy — adekvatumas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. adequacy vok. Adäquatheit, f rus. адекватность, f pranc. adéquation, f ryšiai: sinonimas – atitinkamumas …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • adequacy — adekvatumas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Tolygumas, tapatumas, visiškas atitikimas. Pažinimo teorijoje – objektyvaus pasaulio ryšių ir santykių atgaminimo mintyse tikslumas. kilmė lot. adaequatus – prilygintas, prilygęs… …   Sporto terminų žodynas

  • adequacy — adequate ► ADJECTIVE ▪ satisfactory or acceptable. DERIVATIVES adequacy noun adequately adverb. ORIGIN from Latin adaequare make equal to …   English terms dictionary

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