riittävyyteen

Riittävyyteen is the illative form of the Finnish noun riittävyys, meaning sufficiency or adequacy. Riittävyys describes the state or quality of being sufficient to meet a need, fulfill a requirement, or provide adequate resources, information, or safety margins. The concept is used across fields such as economics, planning, engineering, and policy assessment to evaluate whether conditions or inputs are enough.

In practical use, riittävyyteen marks direction toward that state or toward the goal of achieving sufficiency. It is a grammatical form used with verbs and phrases that express movement toward or attainment of sufficiency, for example “pääseminen riittävyyteen” (reaching sufficiency) or “riittävyyteen tähdääminen” (aiming for sufficiency). The term appears in discussions of resource planning, budgeting, and evaluation criteria, where riittävyys serves as a criterion and riittävyyteen indicates the target or pathway.

From a policy perspective, riittävyys or riittävyyteen is part of the Finnish discourse on sufficiency in welfare, environmental sustainability, and risk management, emphasizing that resources should cover essential needs while avoiding wasteful excess. The related noun riittävyys is often contrasted with scarcity or oversupply, highlighting a balance between adequacy and efficient use of resources.