adequacy

[ad-i-kwuh-see]

noun

plural

adequacies 

1. the state or quality of being adequate; sufficiency for a particular purpose.

Other Word Forms

• preadequacy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of adequacy¹

First recorded in 1800–10; adequ(ate) + -acy

Example Sentences

The adequacy of AI to accurately identify weapons has been subject to scrutiny.

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It intends to use the proceeds to meet future capital requirements, including onward lending and regulatory compliance on capital adequacy.

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Yet another investigation into the adequacy of Tesla’s fix for a defect in a less-capable system known as Autopilot also continues.

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The storm “highlighted a tipping point and demonstrated how close the region is to a resource adequacy crisis,” the Western Power Pool, a regionwide organization of utilities, wrote in its assessment of the event.

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His daughter, Eileen Burkert, made her comments ahead of a two-day hearing of the Infected Blood Inquiry, which has been reconvened to consider the "timeliness and adequacy" of the government response.

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Related Words

• competence 
• fairness 
• sufficiency