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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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sufficiencynoun

    Antonyms:
    insufficiency, inadequacy

    Synonyms:
    enough, adequacy, competence

How to use sufficiency in a sentence?

  1. Joanna Szostek:

    China's market is much larger, which probably makes self-sufficiency easier for them, china's internet has been isolated from the very early days ; for Russians, the new isolation will be experienced as more of a loss and disruption.

  2. Hank Forrester:

    Weve also seen an uptick in emails, traffic, and sales of our Deer Hunting 101 online course. People are flocking [to hunting]this year as they have increased time and an opportunity to get outdoors, there is also an increased awareness of the possibility of food shortages or issues of modern industrial food systems. Self-sufficiency, a connection with nature, andlocal, sustainable protein free of animal welfare concerns are all reasons why there are now more hunters.

  3. Kim Jong:

    The basic seeds and themes of the new five-year economic development plan are still self-reliance and self-sufficiency.

  4. Ken Cuccinelli:

    The principle driving it is an old American value and that's self-sufficiency.

  5. Elvira Nabiullina:

    The situation is such that we must consider also covering demand for reserves connected with limited access to the markets, (and) with the outflow of capital, for a longer period than is proposed by standard approaches to reserve sufficiency, therefore one of the tasks over the period ahead is to grow the reserves over the course of years.

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