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Noun: sufficiency su'fi-shun(t)-see- Sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
"her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency" - An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
"there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" - enough, nuff [non-standard] - The quality of being sufficient for the end in view
"he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" - adequacy
Derived forms: sufficiencies See also: ample, meager [N. Amer], meagerly [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagrely [Brit, Cdn], scrimpy, stingy, suffice, sufficient Type of: quality, relative quantity, wealth, wealthiness Antonym: insufficiency Encyclopedia: Sufficiency |