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Self-sufficient

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Adjective

1. self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining

able to provide for your own needs without help from others

Example Sentences:
'a self-sufficing economic unit'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Self-sufficient

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

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Self-sufficient

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adjective
having the necessary resources to get along without help; independent
: also ˈself-sufˈficing (ˈsɛlfsəˈfaɪsɪŋ ; selfˈsəfīsˈiŋ)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Self-sufficient

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adj.
1. Able to provide for oneself without the help of others; independent.
2. Having undue confidence; smug.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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