Definition of "adequacy" []

• The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs. (noun)

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• "They fired off a no-holds-barred letter to the Food and Drug Administration, announcing an investigation into what they call the adequacy of the efforts of the FDA to protect the safety of the nation's food supply."
• "If you say adequacy is a legal conclusion, you accept undercompensation."
• "The assumption of chemical adequacy is embeeded within a Yarus based process."