In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ADEQUACY
adequacy, adequateness
(noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: “he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule”
sufficiency, adequacy
(noun) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; “he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
adequacy (countable and uncountable, plural adequacies)
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad"e*qua*cy, n. Etym: [See Adequate.]
Definition: The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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