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sufficiency

/s/@/'f/I//S//@/ns/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations

    noun.state

    Examples
    Her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.quantity

    Examples
    There is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

    noun.attribute

    Examples
    He questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

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