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Synonyms for sufficiency
səˈfɪʃ ən si
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Princeton's WordNet
sufficiency(noun)
sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
"her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"
Antonyms:
deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacyenough, sufficiency(noun)
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"
Antonyms:
inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiencysufficiency, adequacy(noun)
the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
"he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"
Synonyms:
adequateness, enough, adequacyAntonyms:
inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency
Wiktionary
sufficiency(noun)
Synonyms:
sufficiencesufficiency(noun)
Quality or condition of being sufficient.
Synonyms:
sufficiencesufficiency(noun)
An adequate amount.
Synonyms:
sufficience
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sufficiency(n.)
Synonyms:
adequacy, enough, competence, plenty, ample supplysufficiency(n.)
Synonyms:
ability, qualification, capacity
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sufficiency(n)
Synonyms:
enough, adequacy, competenceAntonyms:
insufficiency, inadequacy
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sufficiency":
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#963 | enough | |
#17656 | adequacy | |
#21787 | sufficiency | |
#40731 | solvency | |
#42263 | complacency |
How to use sufficiency in a sentence?
The principle driving it is an old American value and that's self-sufficiency.
The principle driving it is an old American value and that's self-sufficiency, it will also have the long-term benefit of protecting taxpayers by ensuring people who are immigrating to this country don't become public burdens, that they can stand on their own two feet, as immigrants in years past have done.
In offshore oil drilling we'd like to cut the reliance on imports by improving the self-sufficiency, (The plan) draws up... major development projects for the oil industries in exploiting natural gas, shale gas and offshore oil. The latter two will remain as China's strategic moves to ensure energy supply.
We need to have enough information about a suspect so that somebody can reasonably use that information to help keep themselves safe, unless we have a sufficiency of information, we’re not actually going to use any suspect information.
You see in a lot of countries there is interest in local production. In Russia it's influenced by a self-sufficiency policy, with Saudi Arabia it's driven by food security.
Translations for sufficiency
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- كفايةArabic
- dostatečnostCzech
- selvforsyningDanish
- HinlänglichkeitGerman
- επάρκειαGreek
- suficienciaSpanish
- کفایتPersian
- riittävyysFinnish
- suffisanceFrench
- leorgacht, leordhóthainIrish
- fòghnadhScottish Gaelic
- प्रचुरताHindi
- elégségesHungarian
- kecukupanIndonesian
- sufficienzaItalian
- הִסתַפְּקוּתHebrew
- 十分Japanese
- satisLatin
- voldoende hoeveelheidDutch
- forsyningNorwegian
- dostatecznośćPolish
- suficiênciaPortuguese
- suficientaRomanian
- достаточностьRussian
- tillräcklighet, sufficiencySwedish
- போதுமென்றTamil
- ความพอเพียงThai
- yeterlik, yeterlilikTurkish
- достатністьUkrainian
- کفالتUrdu
- sự đầy đủVietnamese
- גענוגYiddish
- 自给自Chinese
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