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Word of the Day - sufficient

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sufficient

/səˈfɪʃ(ə)nt/
adjective & determiner
Enough; adequate.
as adjective ‘he had a small private income which was sufficient for her needs’
as determiner ‘they had sufficient resources to survive’

Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘legally satisfactory’): from Old French, or from
Latin sufficient- ‘meeting the need of’ (see suffice).

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