sufficiency
suh fi shuhn see
- n sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency - n an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country - n the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence
- Uniformly, Asians finished first in the wealth, intelligence and self-sufficiency categories, followed by Europeans and Middle Easterners, with Latinos finishing last.
- He never stopped calling for a nation that would turn its back on technology to prosper through village self-sufficiency, but not even the Mahatma could hold back progress.
- Attorneys for the other two defendants challenged the sufficiency of the proof of premeditation.