sufficiency (n)
adequacy#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 07
def the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
examples he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence
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Hypernym quality
Antonym adequacy → inadequacy
Derivationally related form sufficiency → sufficient; sufficiency → suffice
Antonym sufficiency → insufficiency
Attribute ample; meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
Hyponym ampleness
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Attribute ample; meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
Derivationally related form sufficient → sufficiency; suffice → sufficiency
Hyponym quality
Hypernym ampleness
Antonym inadequacy → adequacy
Antonym insufficiency → sufficiency

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