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sufficiency

suf·fi·ciency

US/sʌˈfɪʃʌnsi/ uncommon

noun

1.

sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations

  • “her father questioned the young suitor”
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”
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3.

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

  • “he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence”
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  • Biogen sufficiency
  • elegant sufficiency

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