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adequacy

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ad⋅e⋅qua⋅cy

  [ad-i-kwuh-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
the state or quality of being adequate; sufficiency for a particular purpose.
Origin:
1800–10; adequ(ate) + -acy
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ad·e·quate   (ād'ĭ-kwĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need. See Synonyms at sufficient.

  2. Barely satisfactory or sufficient: The skater's technique was only adequate.


[Latin adaequātus, past participle of adaequāre, to equalize : ad-, ad- + aequāre, to make equal, from aequus, equal.]
ad'e·qua·cy (-kwə-sē), ad'e·quate·ness n., ad'e·quate·ly adv.
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