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self-sustaining /sɛlfsəˈsteɪnɪŋ /adjectiveAble to continue in a healthy state without outside assistance: the studies throw doubt on whether these businesses are really self-sustaining...- I actually consider them a great example of independent culture becoming self-sustaining and successful.
- The aim was to ultimately make the savings and credit system self-sustaining, so that it would not rely on outside funding to keep the office and staff running.
- He said that by careful planning, the school had been able to make their agricultural science programme self-sustaining.
Derivativesself-sustained adjective ...- The project will displace millions of people and uproot their self-sustained living.
- This takeoff into self-sustained economic dominance can partly be explained by America's huge size, vast resources and the ingenuity of its rapidly burgeoning population.
- She pointed out that recently, the Chinese music community in Vancouver has become more self-sustained - hosting concerts that are barely mentioned outside of the community.
Rhymescaning, entertaining, uncomplaining |