sustainability

American  

[suh-stey-nuh-bil-i-tee] / səˌsteɪ nəˈbɪl ɪ ti /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of sustainability

sustain + -ability

Example Sentences

Their efforts today to protect sovereignty and resilience may weaken their growth, fiscal sustainability, and financial stability tomorrow.

From Barron's

Their efforts today to protect sovereignty and resilience may weaken their growth, fiscal sustainability, and financial stability tomorrow.

From Barron's

Still, Susquehanna analyst Christopher Rolland said investors’ concerns about the sustainability of Marvell’s custom chips business are ongoing, especially as it could lose some share of its business with Amazon to Taiwanese custom-chip designer Alchip.

From MarketWatch

“However, external uncertainties and the current softness in employment may constrain the sustainability of this improvement to some extent,” said Yu.

From The Wall Street Journal

Muse added that he and his team “have gotten some questions on sustainability of Broadcom’s multiple given software exposure.”

From MarketWatch