- a variation of self-sufficient.
self-sufficing
Example Sentences
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The idea was to provide the country with a supply of wheat until sufficient wheat-growing soil could be broken up to make it practically self-sufficing in respect of wheat.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Each nation strives by means of an exclusive possession of colonies to become self-sufficing.
From American World Policies by Weyl, Walter E.
The economic unit must be autonomous—self-governing, self-motivating, and in a sense, self-sufficing.
From The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation by Nearing, Scott
Calm, cold, lonely, self-sufficing—and self-sufficing, too, because he must be so, because he had none other to whom to turn—that was his character, and viewing him in that manner I had always judged him.
From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie
For the first time he caught a vital glimpse of the primeval life of man, and recognised its self-sufficing dignity.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
