Sufficient

Word SUFFICIENT
Character 10
Hyphenation suf fi cient
Pronunciations /səˈfɪʃənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Sufficient"

What do we mean by sufficient?

Being as much as is needed; adequate; enough. adjective

Competent; qualified. adjective

Sufficing; equal to the end proposed; as much as is or may be necessary; adequate; enough.

Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit; competent; capable.

Having a competence; well-to-do.

Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.

Synonyms Ample, abundant, satisfactory, full.

1 and Competent, Enough, etc. See adequate.

That which is sufficient; enough; a sufficiency. noun

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent. adjective

Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit. adjective

Capable of meeting obligations; responsible. adjective

Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. adjective

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, adjective

Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit. adjective

Capable of meeting obligations; responsible. adjective

Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. adjective

The smallest amount needed. determiner

Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant adjective

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to what is needed; enough

Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.

Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.

Having enough money to meet obligations and live comfortably.

Just enough (the whole shaft could be the tip) Urban Dictionary

When someone who is half deaf misheard you when you said "suspicious" and doesnt want to seem like a dumbass so they go with it when its meaningless and they are just retarded Urban Dictionary

To an adequate degree; enough Urban Dictionary

The ability to not require me to babysit your ass on every little task that needs to be completed. Furthermore, not having to remind you of every little task that is required of you. Also, you being able to navigate the damn "help" tutorial on the computer, website, mobile device, etc. instead of expecting ME to be your "help" tutorial. Basically, being able to do ANYTHING your own damn self without annoying me. Urban Dictionary

CONTENTMENT! 1) When attending a banquet (or buffet for the less fortunate) and stuffing your face full of good food to the point where your belly is just comfortable, you may express that you are sufficiently siphonsiphide. 2) When life is so great to the point where you are "happy as Larry" or "happy as a hot hog in a cold puddle of mud" or you are content to the point of being sufficiently siphonsiphide. Urban Dictionary

Awesome, but not TOO awesome. Urban Dictionary

Friend that meets all your emotional needs, but you are not physically attracted to one another. Urban Dictionary

The most basic degree to which a person must first qualify, in order for you to engage in sexual relations with them. Urban Dictionary

To be sufficient in any aspect of life but to do so automatically as to not exert too much effort in being sufficient. Urban Dictionary

(ECONOMICS) an alternative metric of poverty; used instead of the poverty level by some researchers. Developed as a superior alternative to the federal poverty level to estimate the income required for families to pay for their basic needs. Computed at the county level, the SSS takes into account the costs of food, housing, health insurance, childcare, transportation, taxes, and other basic expenses, with component values varying across more than 70 different family types. SSS wages have been calculated to date for all counties in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sufficient

The word "sufficient" in example sentences

With respect to the frequency of the applications, I will say that while there are some cases where a bath twice a week is sufficient, and others where a bath every day is imperatively necessary, in far the greater majority of cases suitable for electro-balneological treatment, a bath every alternate day is _sufficient_, but a bath every day is ❋ George M. Schweig (N/A)

CP chief negotiator Tom Langley, speaking at a joint Cosag Press conference on Monday, accused the Government and the ANC and their allies at talks of making a "mockery" of the term sufficient consensus. ❋ Unknown (1993)

All the more reason to resist such urges toward erecting trade barriers: The Saudi CEO maintained that there is the potential of four and a half trillion barrels in reserves, which he called sufficient to power the world -- at current levels of consumption -- for 140 years. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The judge ruled Florida's paperless machines provide what he called sufficient safe guards in the event of a recount. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"That is what I referred to as sufficient consensus." ❋ Unknown (1997)

In default of payment, he should be sold for a term sufficient to pay the fine. ❋ George Freeman (1914)

The penalty for a longer continuance was a fine of $10 a week, and being unable to pay the fine he could be sold into slavery for a term sufficient to cover the fine. ❋ George Freeman (1914)

The law of 1741 modified this by reducing the fine from ten to six pounds, and by providing that if the offender could not pay the fine he should be sold by the county court for a term sufficient to pay it. 1 ❋ Unknown (1896)

Fourthly, To have the members of the second branch elected by those of the first from among those who should be nominated by the state legislatures; to hold their offices "for a term sufficient to insure their independency;" to be liberally paid for their services, and to be subject to restrictions similar to those of the first. ❋ Benson John Lossing (1852)

He found, therefore, that, by allowing them what he called sufficient room and good provisions, with kind treatment, his speculations turned out much better in regard to the amount of dollars received; and that was all he cared for. ❋ Unknown (1847)

Upon the filing of such a petition the court Notices. shall forthwith cause to be made by one of its official ex - aminers an examination of the title sufficient only to de - termine the persons who may be interested in the same, and shall upon the filing of the examiner's report notify all persons appearing to be interested, whether as equity owners, mortgagees, lienors, attaching creditors or otherwise, of the pendency of the petition, the notice to be sent to each by registered mail and return of receipt required; the addresses of respondents, so far as may be ascertained, being furnished by the petitioner. ❋ Unknown (1663)

The mechanical components can be cheap if in sufficient volume – bicycle parts are already cheap. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Feedback and allosteric mechanisms ensure that all twenty amino acids are maintained in sufficient amounts for protein synthesis and other processes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was going to have to write my ass off, to be smart about that ass-off writing, to be funny and engaging while my ass was seceding, and to write in sufficient quality and volume so as to assure that my ass was indeed completely off and free to act independently. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lapsed Anglicans are not coming back in sufficient numbers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Lapsed Anglicans are not coming back in sufficient numbers.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

(To gain sufficient height to piss all over those below them). on January 20, 2010 at 9: 20 pm Spartan Cop ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

The second independent post mortem reveals that the amount of coronary artery disease was in sufficient to have cause a ‘heat attack’. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Then one use-value is just as good as another, provided only it be present in sufficient quantity … As use-values, commodities are, above all, of different qualities, but as exchange-values they are merely different quantities, and consequently do not contain an atom of use-value. ❋ Skzbrust (2010)

I [went] [back] with [John] last night… it was… sufficient. ❋ DomVs27 (2017)

"That's so [suspicious] of them""[Ah yes] very [sufficious]" ❋ Sufficious_Bitch (2022)

"he recovered sufficiently to [resume] his [duties] ❋ SmartyGabba (2018)

I work with a ton of "independent contractors" in sales who can't seem to be able to wipe their own butt [without me] explaining it to them, writing down the directions, [printing] off a [tutorial] or loading a video for them demonstrating how to do so. I wish they could all be self sufficient. ❋ Your Younger And Annoyed Boss (2010)

When eating a pizza at a posh [pizza place] surronded by many good friends, (and probably a couple of wankers too) just before putting the last [piece of pizza] in your mouth you say, "ahhh... I am suffiently siphonsiphide" After having the best sex in your life and orgasming hard enough to blow your balls through the eye of your old boy (thus simulating birth), just before rolling over for a well deserved sleep the last thought that runs through your head is "ahh... I am [sufficiently siphonsiphide]!" ❋ Wickiwi (2009)

*While [buzzed] on [beer].* This [pizza] is sufficiently awesome. ❋ Orion (2005)

My sufficient other and I can complete one another's sentences, and he loves [my new haircut], [to bad] I do not [find him] at all sexy. ❋ Hillymack (2008)

"Dude...Did you [tap that] [chick's] ass at the party?" "Ya. She wasn't [UBER] hot. But she met 'sufficient cuteness'." ❋ D. Gould (2006)

"any time my sufficiency is [questioned] i go into [automatic]." "I wake up every day, and I go into auto sufficient [mode]." ❋ CheeseEater4Life (2009)

Usually people are not concerned by reports of the large numbers of people living below the [poverty level], because they assume it just means poor people have to tighten their belts. The self-sufficiency standard ([SSS]), if explained, should change this. If a person's [wages] are below the SSS, then she is not only not making enough to meet her current needs, she's not making enough to preserve her ability to earn what little she has. ❋ Primus Intra Pares (2010)

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