adequacy
Just enough quality
Adequacy is the state of being enough or good enough for a particular purpose.
It implies meeting a minimum threshold rather than excelling: The adequacy of the funding remains in question.
Something that achieves adequacy satisfies requirements without necessarily impressing.
The word often appears in contexts evaluating whether resources, preparation, or performance will suffice.
Meeting minimum requirements
- enoughMeeting the requirement
- ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
passable · tolerable · decent · minimal · basic · requisite · moderate · bare minimum
Standard for comparison
- criterionStandard for judgment
- normAccepted behavioral standard
- baselineStandard for comparison
- thresholdPoint of beginning
requirement · specification · guideline · minimum · standard · expectation · bar · level
Power to accomplish tasks
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- abilityPower to do something
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
aptitude · qualification · performance · fitness · suitability · readiness · preparedness · competency
Determining worth or quality
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
review · analysis · determination · estimation · verification · audit · scrutiny · examination
sufficient
Meeting minimum requirements
- enoughMeeting the requirement
- ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
acceptable · passable · tolerable · decent · minimal · basic · requisite · moderate · bare minimum · threshold
benchmark
Standard for comparison
threshold · requirement · specification · guideline · minimum · standard · expectation · bar · level · measure
capability
Power to accomplish tasks
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- abilityPower to do something
expertise · aptitude · qualification · performance · fitness · suitability · readiness · preparedness · competency · capacity
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
judgment · review · analysis · determination · estimation · verification · audit · scrutiny · examination · testing
- suitabilityfitness, aptness, appropriateness, qualification, eligibility
- skillsskills, skill, ability, abilities, competencies
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- meeting requirementspassing, qualifying, certification, approval, compliance
- class actionsclass action, class member, class members, class period, class representative
- considerationconsideration, bargain, benefit, detriment, sufficiency
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State of being insufficient
insufficiency · deficiency · inadequateness · lack · shortage
adequacyexcellence
Outstanding quality or merit
superiority · perfection · brilliance · mediocrity · greatness
- adequate paymentSatisfactory sum owed
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