sufficient
suf·fi·cient
adjective
1.
of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
- “sufficient food”
Origin
From Old French sufisanz, soficient, from Latin sufficiēns, present participle of sufficiō.
Phrases
- law of sufficient reason
- principle of sufficient reason
- sufficient condition
- sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
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