unsustainable

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sustainable.

Adjective

unsustainable (comparative more unsustainable, superlative most unsustainable)

  1. Not sustainable.
    • 2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22:
      You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.

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