adequacy
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need.
polysemousFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: 'he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule'
Wordset Dictionary
the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
Classifications
Entity Type
Metric60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
—95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- adequatenesssufficiency
- alternatephrasing
- Adequacy
- plural
- adequacies
- possessive
- adequacy's
- pluralpossessive
- adequacies'