Definitions for sufficiency

Overview of noun sufficiency

The noun sufficiency has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. sufficiency

(sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency")

2. enough, sufficiency

(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")

3. sufficiency, adequacy

(the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence")