Adequacy

Word ADEQUACY
Character 8
Hyphenation ad e qua cy
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Definitions and meanings of "Adequacy"

What do we mean by adequacy?

The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.

An insult suggesting that someone is not only sub-standard, but that he is incorrect by thinking that he is even up to par. A play on delusions of grandeur. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Adequacy

The word "adequacy" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The assumption of chemical adequacy is embeeded within a Yarus based process. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But capital adequacy is just part of the picture, he said. ❋ Leslie Scism (2010)

If you say adequacy is a legal conclusion, you accept undercompensation. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

The usual delusions of adequacy from the pro-bush crowd. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If present trends continue it is possible long-term adequacy will also be satisfactory. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Making progress on a moderate expansion of CPP is important for the long-term adequacy of ❋ Alta. KANANASKIS (2010)

Sorry to quibble here, but while you're right that "adequate space" is the issue -- i.e., space must be adequate to allow for sufficient reaction time -- the adequacy is a function of your speed, not your speed relative to the other driver. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To meet this challenge, Locke (and to an even greater extent Hume) offered what may be termed adequacy of the stimulus counterarguments. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The truth of a statement is defined as the adequacy of the judgment quality of its content, that is the property of a judicative content by virtue of which acceptance (or its opposite, rejection) is triggered by purely objective motives. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its validity can be ascertained only in terms of adequacy, which is too conveniently ignored by the proponents of positivism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A broad consensus has emerged on what we might call adequacy conditions on any theory of emotion. ❋ De Sousa, Ronald (2007)

The full philosophical significance of so-called adequacy results (soundness, completeness) remains an open issue. ❋ Beall, JC (2005)

But there is another kind of adequacy which is specific to lyric poetry. ❋ Unknown (1996)

First, with respect to adequacy, which is essentially how well we are doing at removing the toxins from our patients 'blood, again this quarter, 95% of our hemodialysis patients had a Kt/V greater than 1.2. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"adequacy" - the responsibility of the state to ensure that all students receive at least an adequate education - have led to more state funding to the poorest districts. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This article discusses the nationwide craze of education funding "adequacy" lawsuits, like the one just filed by Washington educators: Wyoming plaintiffs ... have so far doubled Wyoming's per-pupil spending, elevating it from $5,971 in 1996-97 to an estimated $12,422 for 2006-07 Beginning teacher salaries, for those with master's degrees, rose in constant dollars from $24,402 in 1997 to $32,451 in 2004 ... ❋ Unknown (2007)

I'd guess the 'adequacy' variety has done far more damage just based on frequency Guess who gets to audit their work. ❋ Carla (2009)

He did not explain that with any kind of adequacy at all that anyone could really accept. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are called "adequacy" cases, and they aspire to force states to produce graduates capable of functioning competently as citizens and as educated human beings. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Clearly [not the sharpest tool in the shed], [Carl] [nonetheless] suffered from delusions of adequacy. ❋ Ntvnykr (2006)

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