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Noun: adequateness  a-du-kwut-nus
  1. The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily
    "he questioned the adequateness of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
    - adequacy

Derived forms: adequatenesses

See also: adequate, inadequate, unequal

Type of: satisfactoriness