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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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, adequateness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adequateness \Ad"e*quate*ness\, n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adequateness n 1: 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, adequateness] [ant: inadequacy, inadequateness]