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self-sufficient wordnet sense
Adjective
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Needing no outside help in satisfying one's basic needs, esp. with regard to the production of food,
  1. Needing no outside help in satisfying one's basic needs, esp. with regard to the production of food
    • - I don't think Botswana, due to the climate, could ever be self-sufficient in food
  2. Emotionally and intellectually independent
    • - their son was a little bit of a loner and very self-sufficient