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SELF-SUFFICIENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Able to provide for your own needs without help from others

Example:

a self-sufficing economic unit

Synonyms:

self-sufficient; self-sufficing; self-sustaining

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

independent (free from external control and constraint)

Derivation:

self-sufficiency (personal independence)

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