sufficiency

suf·fi·cien·cy

noun \sə-ˈfi-shən(t)-sē\

plural suf·fi·cien·cies

Definition of SUFFICIENCY

1

: sufficient means to meet one's needs : competency; also : a modest but adequate scale of living

2

: the quality or state of being sufficient : adequacy

Examples of SUFFICIENCY

1. <the sufficiency of the portions is such that you will leave the restaurant with a full stomach but without doggie bags>

First Known Use of SUFFICIENCY

15th century

Related to SUFFICIENCY

Synonyms: acceptability, adequacy, satisfactoriness

Antonyms: inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, unsatisfactoriness

Related Words: appropriateness, correctness, fitness, goodness, properness, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness, tolerability; bountifulness, copiousness; excess, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit, surplus; abundance, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty

Near Antonyms: lack, want; crunch, dearth, deficit, famine, lack, shortage; meagerness, paucity, poorness, poverty, rareness, rarity, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, skimpiness; necessity, need, privation

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