Adequacy
the state or quality of being ; sufficiency for a particular purpose.
Contemporary Examples
To their chagrin, neutral observers have questioned the adequacy of due process in these cases.
Bangladesh’s Unfinished War K. Anis Ahmed March 10, 2013
Historical Examples
The conception of perfection in a practical sense is the adequacy of a thing for various ends.
The World’s Greatest Books–Volume 14–Philosophy and Economics Various
He felt the adequacy of this life as a determiner of the eternal destiny of all men.
India, Its Life and Thought John P. Jones
The massive grandeur of adequacy in that performance was a great excellence.
Shadows of the Stage William Winter
Ultimately there is no adequacy, we are all weighed in the balance and found wanting.
First and Last Things H. G. Wells
The propositions were accepted, while denying the adequacy of Berkeley’s removal from one command to another.
Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Alfred Thayer Mahan
Our concept of Reality must be symmetrical, or fail of adequacy.
Beauty and the Beast Stewart A. McDowall
Reardon made the only answer possible, and felt the thrill of his own adequacy.
The Prisoner Alice Brown
adequacy and destructiveness of armament are strictly relative terms.
The Fruits of Victory Norman Angell
The experience of last spring in India proves the adequacy of a reserve of 15 or 20 per cent.
Readings in Money and Banking Chester Arthur Phillips
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