sustainability

[suh-stey-nuh-bil-i-tee]

noun

1. the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.

2. Environmental Science.,  the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance.

   The committee is developing sustainability standards for products that use energy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sustainability¹

sustain + -ability

Example Sentences

Earlier this month, lofty valuations among megacap tech names, coupled with mounting concerns about the sustainability of the AI trade, sparked a selloff in growth names.

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"This year's theme... invites participants to design intelligent machines for a smarter future. Robotics is a growth area for Singapore," Grace Fu, Singapore's minister for sustainability and the environment, said.

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Alphabet’s emergence also is shaking up the megacap tech leader board at a time when broader market volatility is trending higher thanks in part to questions over the sustainability of the current AI spending race.

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The broader tech market has experienced a pullback in recent weeks as worries mount over the sustainability of AI capital expenditures at hyperscalers.

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The combination of fiscal sustainability concerns and rate-cut expectations prompted options market traders to bet on a weaker sterling ahead of the budget.

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