self-sufficient

[ self-suh-fish-uh nt, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf səˈfɪʃ ənt, ˌsɛlf- /

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adjective

able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.

having extreme confidence in one's own resources, powers, etc.: He was self-sufficient, and always reminded you of it.

Words nearby self-sufficient

self-sterile, self-stick, self-storage, self-study, self-styled, self-sufficient, self-suggestion, self-support, self-supporting, self-surrender, self-sustaining

Also self-suf·fic·ing

[self-suh-fahy-sing] /ˌsɛlf səˈfaɪ sɪŋ/.

Origin of self-sufficient

First recorded in 1580–90

OTHER WORDS FROM self-sufficient

self-suf·fi·cien·cy, nounself-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverbun·self-suf·fi·cien·cy, nounun·self-suf·fi·cient, adjective

un·self-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for self-sufficient

Following troop drawdown, our goal is to create a self-sufficient Afghanistan, and one that views women as a vital contributors.
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And Counihan said the system was designed to be as simple and self-sufficient as possible.
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Sheriff Wheeler described the compound as a self-sufficient community with its own food supply.
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We were driven, self-sufficient, results-oriented, and professionally demanding.
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When you take any beginning industry, you do want to subsidize it until it's self-sufficient.
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With a self-sufficient smile he consulted his own unintelligible entries, and made his own wild discoveries.
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Excellent musicians have been subjected to the vulgar abuse of self-sufficient ignoramuses.
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“All according to law—all in strict form of justice,” said the self-sufficient Escribano, chuckling and rubbing his hands.
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Yonder goes a fox, slowly trotting along below the crest, in his self-sufficient, nonchalant style.
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Thus without any essential mummery the comedy plays itself out, self-sufficient, correct, convincing.
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British Dictionary definitions for self-sufficient

self-sufficient

self-sufficing

adjective

able to provide for or support oneself without the help of others

Derived forms of self-sufficient

self-sufficiency, nounself-sufficiently, adverb

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self-sufficient

adjective

Words related to self-sufficient

Words nearby self-sufficient

Origin of self-sufficient

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Examples from the Web for self-sufficient

British Dictionary definitions for self-sufficient

self-sufficing

adjective

Derived forms of self-sufficient