adequacy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
    adequateness.
  2. noun the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
    sufficiency.
    • he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence

WordNet

Ad"e*qua*cy noun
Etymology
See Adequate.
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.

Webster 1913