adequateness

noun

Definition of adequatenessnext
as in adequacy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adequateness
  1. adequacy
  2. usefulness
  3. acceptability
  4. expediency
  5. convenience
  6. applicability
  7. validity
  8. relevance
Noun
  • Revising the number mid-review without support hurt bunq twice, once on adequacy and once on credibility.
    — AJ Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • For the three trackers, one is for regional transmission organization adjustment, another is for fuel adjustment and the last is resource adequacy adjustment.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of adequacy
Noun
  • Advertisement McKleroy, meanwhile, likes to over-research, add more information, and complicate projects past the point of usefulness.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Because the watermark degrades with more thorough editing or in shorter samples of text, its usefulness may also be uneven depending on the department or assignment.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • Today, everyone from the Economist to the New York Times has heralded the coming psychedelics renaissance, as hallucinogens begin to gain greater cultural, medical and commercial acceptability.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
  • The rate has been gradually dropping for decades, due to cigarette taxes, tobacco product price hikes, smoking bans, public education campaigns and changes in the social acceptability of lighting up in public.
    — Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Definition of acceptability
Noun
  • With competition so fierce in the race to build and release the latest AI models however, the expediency of shaving off every possible drag on speed trumps all.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The desire for expediency—get-rich-quick schemes—almost inevitably leads to disaster, as the lure of wealth often culminates in despair—a roller-coaster lifestyle—without a methodical result-yielding strategy.
    — David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of expediency
Noun
  • Eating out or relying on convenience foods are increasingly difficult solutions for many American families, who are facing the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half century.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Their cheap convenience and ubiquity in restaurant service is a big reason any person with a food or food-adjacent job (including just about everybody who works at this magazine) has a collection of these tumbling around in their cabinets.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of convenience
Noun
  • The study focused on young, fit, predominantly male participants, which limits its applicability to older or less conditioned groups.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Still, the reason Belmont endures is its plain language and broad applicability.
    — Stephanie Haridopolos, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026
Definition of applicability
Noun
  • The crux of the dispute surrounds the validity of a contract extension option for Mateta, one which Palace exercised in December 2024.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • As enterprise value continues to shift toward intangible assets, IP ownership, validity and enforceability directly inform valuation defensibility and post closing performance assumptions.
    — Keegan Caldwell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of validity
Noun
  • At Mattel, cultural relevance came with a blockbuster ending.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Clinicians can then consult the referenced research, assess its relevance and apply their professional judgment.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of relevance
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“Adequateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adequateness. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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