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Sufficiency

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Noun

1. sufficiency

sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations

Example Sentences:
'her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency'

2. enough, sufficiency

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

Example Sentences:
'enough is as good as a feast'
'there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country'

3. adequacy, sufficiency

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

Example Sentences:
'he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sufficiency

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noun plural -cies
1. 
the quality or condition of being sufficient
2. 
an adequate amount or quantity, as of income
3. archaic
efficiency

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Sufficiency

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noun
1. 
sufficient means, ability, or resources
; specif.,
a. 
an adequate amount or quantity (of what is needed)
b. 
enough wealth or income
2. 
the state or quality of being sufficient or adequate; adequacy

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Sufficiency

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n. pl. suf·fi·cien·cies
1. The condition or quality of being sufficient: questioned the sufficiency of the budget.
2. An adequate amount or quantity: a sufficiency of clean water.
3. Adequate means to live in modest comfort.

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