Definition of sufficiency

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Sufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy..

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Sufficient :: Sufficiency (n.) Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
Insufficiency :: Insufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc..
De Bene Esse :: De bene esse () Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.
Glut :: Glut (n.) Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market..
Indicator :: Indicator (n.) That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis..
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly..
Sufficiency :: Sufficiency (n.) Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
Ability :: Ability (n.) The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent..
Agnosticism :: Agnosticism (n.) The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism..
Adequacy :: Adequacy (n.) The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure..
Paucity :: Paucity (n.) Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Competency :: Competency (n.) Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.
Abundance :: Abundance (n.) An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number..
Insatisfaction :: Insatisfaction (n.) Insufficiency; emptiness.
Confidence :: Confidence (n.) The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed..
Supply :: Supply (n.) That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.
Adequateness :: Adequateness (n.) The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
Sufficiency :: Sufficiency (n.) Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
Insufficiency :: Insufficiency (n.) Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office..
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