--- title: "How to pronounce \"enoughness\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"enoughness\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/q_vZ4H3uW28/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/enoughness" --- # How to pronounce "enoughness" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/ɛnæʊghnɛss/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **e·noug·hness** ## Meaning & Usage ### NOUN - The state or condition of being enough; sufficiency; adequacy. - *Example*: "Secretary of State Dulles pointed out that the report's aim was not "scaring our people but giving them a realistic picture of the dilemma in which they would find themselves" when the Soviet Union as well as the United States had attained "enoughness."" ### Example Sentences - "Secretary of State Dulles pointed out that the report's aim was not "scaring our people but giving them a realistic picture of the dilemma in which they would find themselves" when the Soviet Union as well as the United States had attained "enoughness."" - "enoughness like I will be enough when right because you can either run away from something you want or run towards something uh run yeah run away from" - "and so the not enoughness came from living with a father who was invested in other people's children living with a" ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "enoughness" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "your code that you'd make, you talked about fixing the striving. What's been the downside of the striving? >> There's a a common sense of not enoughness like I will be enough when right because you can either run away from something you want or run towards something uh run yeah run away from something you fear or run towards something you want." - **Watch at 19:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_vZ4H3uW28&t=1154s) ### Example 2 > "idea you're intelligent and i think he wrote that to please me but i was not pleased i'm ever thinking well my father doesn't even know who i am and so the not enoughness came from living with a father who was invested in other people's children living with a mother who was always in hospital living with a brother who was very clever went to pride both my sister and brother went to private school and i" - **Watch at 4:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzilnhq3Mkg&t=286s) ### Example 3 > "business the business of making a difference the business of contribution the business of finding your way to your own heart and so I invite you I encourage you to uh recognize the enoughness the Bounty the blessing in your own life and that you're in the thousandth of the 1% of the women in" - **Watch at 30:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HL89PCdnCE&t=1805s) ### Example 4 > "my hair's not straight relaxing it chemically all the time um why were there any black family in this all white school etc etc and then that battle with like the lack of enoughness not feeling like I was enough and what I did to try and make myself feel like I was enough but take me back to your story at the earliest moment where you struggled with um not feeling like you're enough or confident enough" - **Watch at 7:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHxXHKpMBm8&t=466s) ### Example 5 > "and then the feeling dictates how you act so imagine you thought of thought which is i'm not enough the biggest cause of um issues in the western world is this not enoughness if i thought i'm not enough and i went straight to the next ladder the next stage how would i feel if i thought not enough i'd feel sad dejected demoralized maybe angry" - **Watch at 32:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzilnhq3Mkg&t=1935s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "And I think the essence is how do you get people to feel like they're getting enough? It's a sense of enoughness that really matters. - Yeah, I can see the dilemma because you don't want people thinking" - **Watch at 38:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFR_wFN23ZY&t=2323s) ### Example 7 > "it's hard to translate money into Goods um uh and I think people once I think this is one of the things came believed and once they start thinking about wealth in terms of money they lose the idea of enoughness uh I think the other thing he underestimated was um keeping up with the Joneses you know just Envy not not ordinary straightforward greed but just Envy the fact that some other family has a bit more than you do makes you envious" - **Watch at 23:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYF6qqxuLmQ&t=1404s) ### Example 8 > "your own life and that you're in the thousandth of the 1% of the women in this world and to find your way to recognize the enoughness in a way that it overflows into Thanksgiving and you use your power your resources the uh the" - **Watch at 30:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HL89PCdnCE&t=1817s) ### Example 9 > "something you fear or run towards something you want. And what's the consequence of that not enoughness? It's a sense of lack. It's also a provisional life. It's putting life off." - **Watch at 19:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_vZ4H3uW28&t=1163s) ### Example 10 > "better life but what's your relationship been like with failure because everybody knows to be a successful entrepreneur to build great products you have to fail fast um but if you're struggling with you know enoughness then it seems like that might limit your ability to want to fail fast you know it it is certain that the more the more successes you have on your belt the easier it is to fail because you" - **Watch at 14:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6PxgTV-BJk&t=878s) ## How to Pronounce "enoughness" - **Syllables**: e · noug · hness - **IPA**: `/ɛnæʊghnɛss/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “enoughness”? “enoughness” is pronounced /ɛnæʊghnɛss/ (e · noug · hness). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “enoughness”? “enoughness” has 3 syllables: e · noug · hness. ### What does “enoughness” mean? The state or condition of being enough; sufficiency; adequacy. ### How can I hear “enoughness” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “enoughness” with synchronized subtitles. 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