noun
1. the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑adequateness
• Ant: ↑inadequacy
• Derivationally related forms: ↑adequate (for: ↑adequateness)
• Hypernyms: ↑satisfactoriness
• Attrubites: ↑adequate, ↑equal, ↑inadequate, ↑unequal
2. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view (Freq. 1)
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he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence
• Syn: ↑sufficiency
• Ant: ↑inadequacy, ↑insufficiency (for: ↑sufficiency)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sufficient (for: ↑sufficiency), ↑suffice (for: ↑sufficiency)
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
• Hyponyms: ↑ampleness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.