Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule";
[syn: adequacy, adequateness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Adequateness \Ad"e*quate*ness\, n.
The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency;
adequacy.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
adequateness
n 1: the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:
"he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental
interpretation of the Golden Rule" [syn: adequacy,
adequateness] [ant: inadequacy, inadequateness]