Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sufficiency

/səfˈɪʃənsi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: suf-fi-cien-cy
IPA: /səfˈɪʃənsi/

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or condition of being sufficient.

Uncountable

noun

An adequate amount.

Countable

Example Sentences

"But the Eastern front of the Allies was far more vulnerable. Russia could not begin to supply herself with a sufficiency of large guns and of heavy munitionment for them."

Usage

Inflected Forms

sufficiencies (plural) sufficiencie (alternative)

Derived Forms

haplosufficiency insufficiency nonsufficiency omnisufficiency unsufficiency

Phrases

Biogen sufficiency elegant sufficiency self-sufficiency

Synonyms

enoughness sufficience adequacy enough

Antonyms

insufficiency unsufficiency

Rhymes With

efficiency deficiency proficiency inefficiency immunodeficiency

Questions

How do you pronounce sufficiency?: The recorded pronunciation is /səfˈɪʃənsi/.
What does sufficiency mean?: The quality or condition of being sufficient.

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