sustainableadjective
uk/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/us/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/C1 able to continue over a period of time:
That sort of extreme diet is not sustainable over a long period.
C1 causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time:
A large international meeting was held with the aim of promoting sustainable development in all countries.
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Lasting for a long time
- all-night
- ancient
- be going strong idiom
- changeless
- deep
- die hard idiom
- epic
- incorruptible
- languish
- lasting
- lengthy
- lingering
- man and boy idiom
- marathon
- never-ending
- of old idiom
- old
- ongoing
- strong
- year
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sustainability
noun [ U ] uk/səˌsteɪ.nəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/səˌsteɪ.nəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/