Antonyms for sufficiency
səˈfɪʃ ən sisuf·fi·cien·cy

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1. sufficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   sufficience

2. sufficiencynoun

   Quality or condition of being sufficient.

   Synonyms:
   sufficience

3. sufficiencynoun

   An adequate amount.

   Synonyms:
   sufficience

Matched Categories

1. • Quality
   • Relative Quantity
   • Wealth

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1. sufficiencynoun

   sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations

   "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy

   Synonyms:
   enough, adequacy

2. enough, sufficiencynoun

   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, insufficiency

   Synonyms:
   enough, adequacy

3. sufficiency, adequacynoun

   the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

   "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

   Antonyms:
   inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency

   Synonyms:
   adequateness, enough, adequacy

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1. sufficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   insufficiency, inadequacy

   Synonyms:
   enough, adequacy, competence

How to use sufficiency in a sentence?

1. Ata Mohammad Noor:

   We needed factories to produce our own ammunition and workshops to repair the aircraft and other vehicles that were given to the Afghan forces, but the international forces did not work to build a foundation, a self-sufficiency in Afghanistan.

2. Robert D. Richardson:

   Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This is not a paradox, for it is only the strong individual who can frankly concede the sometimes surprising extent of his own dependence.

3. Eusebio Olmedo:

   We have to adapt to climate change, and these are the best varieties to recover food self-sufficiency.

4. Daniel Redondo:

   We don't believe in self sufficiency. We believe in supplying the country's needs, self sufficiency would imply to have an exportable surplus and that is not going to happen soon.

5. Bree Newsome:

   Teenagers have been having fights, including fights involving knives, for eons. We do not need police to address these situationsby showing up to the scene and using a weapon against one of the teenagers. TUCKER CARLSON: JURY VERDICT IN DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL A CRY OF 'PLEASE DON'T HURT US' Everyone should be frightened that the ruling [W]hite elite have done such a thoroughly successful job of not only disconnecting us from the means of basic self-sufficiency, but also convincing us we need armed [W]hite officers to manage our children and communities.

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