Definition of Sufficiency

1. Noun. Sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations. "Her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"

Generic synonyms: Wealth, Wealthiness
Derivative terms: Suffice

2. Noun. An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose. "There is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"
Exact synonyms: Enough
Generic synonyms: Relative Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Fill
Derivative terms: Enough, Suffice, Sufficient

3. Noun. The quality of being sufficient for the end in view. "He questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"
Exact synonyms: Adequacy
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Ampleness
Attributes: Ample, Meager, Meagerly, Meagre, Scrimpy, Stingy
Antonyms: Inadequacy, Insufficiency
Derivative terms: Suffice, Sufficient

Definition of Sufficiency

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

Definition of Sufficiency

1. Noun. Quality or condition of being sufficient. ¹

2. Noun. An adequate amount. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sufficiency

1. [n SUFFICIENCIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sufficiency

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sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
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Literary usage of Sufficiency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"Sufficiency or EVIDENCE. The verdict was amply authorized by the evidence, ... Sufficiency or EVIDENCE. As to the sufficiency of the evidence to convict ..."

2. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1916)
"Annotated Weight and sufficiency—bankruptcy—concealment of ... benefit insurance—immoral relation between insured and beneficiary—sufficiency of evidence. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"vin and deceit, we proceed to examine into the sufficiency of the allegations in this bill to maintain such a suit. [353] The fifth claim of invention of ..."

4. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living ... The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete in 1800 as it had ..."

5. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living the simplicity ... The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete. ..."

6. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living ... The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete in 1800 as it had ..."

7. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living ... The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete in 1800 as it had ..."

8. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Household self-sufficiency. — In contrast with the modern scale of living ... The self-sufficiency of the family group was not so complete in 1800 as it had ..."

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