Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition or quality of being sufficient.
- noun An adequate amount or quantity.
- noun Adequate means to live in modest comfort.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being sufficient; adequacy.
- noun Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity; efficiency.
- noun Adequate substance or means; enough; abundance; competence; especially, supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
- noun Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
- noun Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
- noun Adequate substance or means; competence.
- noun Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
- noun Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Quality or condition of being
sufficient . - noun An
adequate amount.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
- noun the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
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Examples
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IBBS: Well, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AASHTO, has what they call a sufficiency rating index.
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Otoh, the more sophisticated humans become the less self-sufficiency is an applicable idea.
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The whole idea of "self sufficiency" is fraught with peril.
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My frustration with talk of "self-sufficiency" is that we're in an economy that is facing an oxymoronic jobless recovery, when official unemployment is at 10 percent in places doing well and unofficial unemployment -- when you take into account those who have stopped looking for work or those caught up in the war on drugs on account of the dearth of good jobs -- is through the roof.
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Otoh, the more sophisticated humans become the less self-sufficiency is an applicable idea.
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I'd argue the only route to self sufficiency for the individual is self sufficiency from the state.
The Union Dividend Jeff 2007
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My goodness ... self sufficiency is maybe possible?
Sound Politics: Turning A Blind Eye To Fatherless Black Babies 2006
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Do not misunderstand me: my reference to potential net energy self-sufficiency is not an assertion that we will be self-sufficient in conventional sweet crude oil in this decade.
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If these funds are used primarily for economic development then, for the first time, economic self-sufficiency is possible.
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They illustrate, however, that even where self-sufficiency is possible, it is apt to involve the serious drawback of greatly increased cost.
International Co-operation: Common Action for Common Problems 1974
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