sufficiency
noun/səˈfɪʃnsi/
/səˈfɪʃnsi/
[singular] (formal)- sufficiency (of something) an amount of something that is enough for a particular purpose
- a sufficiency of well-trained teachers
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting sufficient means or wealth): from late Latin sufficientia, from the verb sufficere ‘put under, meet the need of’, from sub- ‘under’ + facere ‘make’.Definitions on the go
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