adequacy

Plural: adequacies

Noun

• The state or quality of being sufficient.
• the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:
  • "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
• the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
• The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.

Examples

• His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.
• The adequacy of his score was questionable for a tournament player.

Synonyms

adequateness, sufficiency, adequacy, enoughness, sufficience

Antonyms

inadequacy, insufficiency, lack