Hyphenation of adequacy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word adequacy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ad-e-qua-cy

Definitions of adequacy:

1.	The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule
2.	The quality of being sufficient for the end in view He questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence

Synonyms of adequacy:

noun	adequateness, satisfactoriness
noun	sufficiency, quality

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.