Sufficiency
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sufficiency is a noun meaning (uncountable) The quality or condition of being sufficient.
Meaning
(uncountable) The quality or condition of being sufficient.
More Meanings
- (countable) An adequate amount.
Example Sentences
But the Eastern front of the Allies was far more vulnerable. Russia could not begin to supply herself with a sufficiency of large guns and of heavy munitionment for them.
Word Forms
- sufficiencies
- sufficiencie
Synonyms for sufficiency
Depending on context, synonyms include enoughness, sufficience, enough, adequacy.
Antonyms for sufficiency
Common opposites include insufficiency, unsufficiency, deficiency, inadequacy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adequacy, enough, sufficient, adequate, appropriateness, convenience.
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