Sufficiency - Definition

sufficiency

n 1: sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet
obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's
sufficiency"
2: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to
achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is
more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" [syn:
enough, sufficiency]
3: the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he
questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" [syn:
sufficiency, adequacy] [ant: deficiency, inadequacy,
insufficiency]

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