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单词 unsustaining
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unsustainingadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unsuˈstaining.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > not supporting or supported
unribbed1775
unsustaining1818
unbuttressed1849
the world > food and drink > food > [adjective] > sustaining life > not
unsustaining1880
1818 P. B. Shelley Julian & Maddalo 538 One unsustaining reed.
1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 161 The light winds which from unsustaining wings Shed the music of many murmurings.
1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan II. 267 Rice and eggs were..unsustaining food.
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