self-sustaining

self-sus·tain·ing

(sĕlf′sə-stā′nĭng)adj. Able to sustain oneself or itself independently.

self′-sus·tain′ing·ly adv.

self′-sustain′ing

adj. able to support or sustain oneself or itself without outside aid. [1835–45] self′-sustained′, adj. self′-sustain′ingly, adv. self′-sustain′ment, n.

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Adj.

self-sustaining - able to provide for your own needs without help from others; "a self-sufficing economic unit"self-sufficient, self-sufficingindependent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"

self-sustaining

self-sus·tain·ing

self′-sustain′ing

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Synonyms for self-sustaining

adj able to provide for your own needs without help from others

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