See Also: Sufficient(medicine)
sufficient cause(medicine)
self-sufficient(dictionary)
sufficient(dictionary)
self-sufficient(dictionary)
sufficient(dictionary)
Not-sufficient-funds check(money)
Not sufficient funds check(finance)

self-sufficient (iou)



self-sufficient adjective. L16.
[from SELF- + SUFFICIENT adjective.]
Able to supply one's needs oneself, spec. (of a person, nation, etc.) self-reliant, self-supporting, independent; able to provide enough of a commodity (as food, oil, etc.) from one's own resources without the need to obtain goods from elsewhere (foll. by in the commodity). L16.
C. Francis North Sea oil should..make Britain self-sufficient in energy. S. Bellow A very self-sufficient person, with a life plan of his own. absol.: T. Ken Thou self-originated Deity,..Thou Self-sufficient, by thy self didst reign.
Content with one's own opinion, confident in one's powers, arrogant. M18.
self-sufficientness noun (rare) = SELF-SUFFICIENCY L19.