About The Word Self-sufficient
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Self-sufficient
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What's The Definition Of Self-sufficient?
[adj] able to provide for your own needs without help from others; "a self-sufficing economic unit"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Self-sufficient: independent | self-sufficing | self-sustaining Related Terms | Find terms related to Self-sufficient: See Also | Self-sufficient In Webster's Dictionary \Self`-suf*fi"cient\, a.
1. Sufficient for one's self without external aid or
co["o]peration.
Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till
we prove the person using it omnipotent and
self-sufficient, and such as can never need any
mortal assistance. --South.
2. Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or
worth; hence, haughty; overbearing. ``A rash and
self-sufficient manner.'' --I. Watts.
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