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[ uhn-suh-stey-nuh-buhl ] / ˌʌn səˈsteɪ nə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unsustainable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot sustainable; not to be supported, maintained, upheld, or corroborated. Origin of unsustainable1670–80; un-1 + sustainable OTHER WORDS FROM unsustainableun·sus·tain·a·bly, adverbWords nearby unsustainableunsurmountable, unsurpassed, unsurprised, unsuspected, unsuspecting, unsustainable, unswathe, unswear, unsweetened, unswerving, unsympathetic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unsustainableThe police state system that propped up dictators from Algiers to Islamabad for decades was unsustainable. Why’s Al Qaeda So Strong? Washington Has (Literally) No idea|Bruce Riedel|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Moreover, the growth fueled by the MWP proved to be unsustainable. When the Weather Went All Medieval: Climate Change, Famine, and Mass Death|Wendy Smith|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST If this effort fails, the ACA could become an unsustainable burden instead of a needed reform to the system. This Is the Most Outrageous, Immoral Attack on Obamacare Yet|Jamelle Bouie|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST He talks to Rachel Khong about our unsustainable diets and how food went wrong. It’s the End of the World Unless We All Start Cooking|Rachel Khong|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So does unsustainable public debt, which can bring a nation to its knees. The Budget Wars Begin, With Paul Ryan Firing the First Volley|John Avlon|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST If this is unsustainable, there is nothing finally in his Metaphysics of Will to necessitate the pessimistic conclusion drawn. Schopenhauer|Thomas Whittaker The use, therefore, which was made of the resolutions on Mr. Duffy's trial was false and unsustainable in every point of view. The Felon's Track|Michael Doheny But she was crying dreadfully; and he was proving to her some new and unsustainable theory of bacilli. The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, bart., M.P., formerly known as "Tommy Upmore"|R. D. Blackmore An unsustainable suit for wages, on the part of a British pilot, for navigating a foreign ship to an enemy's port. The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth But our soul's arches underfit into its; and so, prevent the upper arch from falling on us with unsustainable inscrutableness. Pierre; or The Ambiguities|Herman Melville
Words related to unsustainableuntenable, unsuitable, unendurable, unfeasible, brief, fleeting, temporary, implausible, unworkable, unviable |