sufficiency meaning and definition

SUFFICIENCY noun

Definition of sufficiency (noun)

1. sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
   • "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"
2. 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"
   • synonyms: enough
3. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
   • "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"
   • synonyms: adequacy
   • antonym: deficiency