enoughness

enoughness noun: the state or condition of being enough; sufficiency; adequacy.

Noun

enoughness (uncountable)

The state or condition of being enough; sufficiency; adequacy.
- Secretary of State Dulles pointed out that the report's aim was not "scaring our people but giving them a realistic picture of the dilemma in which they would find themselves" when the Soviet Union as well as the United States had attained "enoughness."2002, Ira Chernus, Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace
- But all of us have deep beliefs about our own enoughness, often stemming from childhood...2003, Marcia Menter, The office sutras: exercises for your soul at work, page 34

We have tried to convince you that the problem, worry, or puzzle that arises in connection with readiness or enoughness, if there is one, is metaphysical, and not semantic; [...]2008, Herman Cappelen, Ernest Lepore, Insensitive Semantics:
The fourth and last principle is that of the Sabbath - the feast of enoughness.2008, Anable Shilson Thomas, Live simply:
The Creator's enoughness had been defiled by his creatures, and for the first time, something now existed on this planet that did not glorify him.2014, Matt Heard, Life With A Capital L, pages 140–141:

From enough + -ness.

What does enoughness mean?: Enoughness means the state or condition of being enough; sufficiency; adequacy.
How do you use enoughness in a sentence?: We have tried to convince you that the problem, worry, or puzzle that arises in connection with readiness or enoughness, if there is one, is metaphysical, and not semantic; [...]
What part of speech is enoughness?: Enoughness is a noun.

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