sufficient

IPA: sʌfˈɪʃʌnt

adjective

  • Of a type or kind that suffices, that satisfies requirements or needs.
  • Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
  • (archaic) Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
  • (obsolete) Having enough money to meet obligations and live comfortably.
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Examples of "sufficient" in Sentences

  • "That is what I referred to as sufficient consensus."
  • In default of payment, he should be sold for a term sufficient to pay the fine.
  • The judge ruled Florida's paperless machines provide what he called sufficient safe guards in the event of a recount.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

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