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SUFFICIENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
Example:
sufficient food
Classified under:
Similar:
adequate; enough (sufficient for the purpose)
comfortable (sufficient to provide comfort)
Also:
ample (more than enough in size or scope or capacity)
Attribute:
quantity (an adequate or large amount)
Antonym:
insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)
Derivation:
suffice (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity)
sufficiency (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view)
sufficiency (an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose)
Context examples:
At that time, about 80% of participants had vitamin D levels considered sufficient by U.S. nutritional standards.
(Vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in people at high risk, National Institutes of Health)
As it turned out, modern tomatoes lack sufficient sugars and volatile chemicals critical to better flavor.
(Scientists develop genetic path to tastier tomatoes, NSF)
Simply providing the space for neurons to grow in three dimensions is not sufficient.
(Bioengineers create functional 3D brain-like tissue, NIH)
How it happened was sufficient for him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Organic molecules are interesting to scientists because they are necessary, though not sufficient, components of life on Earth.
(Dawn Discovers Evidence for Organic Material on Ceres, NASA)
The analogue's structure differs only slightly from CTP's — but the difference is sufficient to bring viral replication to a halt.
(Scientists Discover How Antiviral Gene Works, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
"Twenty minutes to half an hour of moderate exercise, including fast walking, appears to be sufficient," Hong said.
(Just 20 Minutes of Walking May Reduce Inflammation in Your Body, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
These previous infrared data did not have sufficient resolution to separate Makemake from MK 2.
(Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting the Dwarf Planet Makemake, NASA)
The findings are not sufficient to identify the primary cause of the Warburg effect.
(Scientists Reveal The Relationship Between Sugar, Cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Amino acid which can be readily made by the human body in sufficient amounts.
(Non-Essential Amino Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
