sustained

[suh-steynd]

adjective

1. kept in process or continued over time; continuous.

   National budgets need to reflect a sustained commitment to children's positive development, strong families, and caring communities.

2. (of an injury, cost, etc.) borne, experienced, or suffered.

   Homeowner’s insurance is not available to cover sustained losses from a radiological accident.

3. upheld or confirmed as valid.

   Nothing smacks more of courtroom defeat than ending a cross-examination on a sustained objection.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of sustain.

Other Word Forms

• sustainedly adverb
• nonsustained adjective
• presustained adjective
• unsustained adjective
• well-sustained adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sustained¹

sustain ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Consumer sentiment over the Thanksgiving holiday, and the willingness to spend and travel even amid the sustained weakness in the labor market, will provide a crucial reading of the strength of the domestic economy.

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Most investors don’t think that even a sustained bond selloff alone would do much to slow the AI build-out, given that money is no object for the big companies doing most of the spending.

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The most popular club in South Africa, drawing 90,000-plus crowds when they face greatest domestic rivals Orlando Pirates, Chiefs have struggled to make a sustained impact in Africa.

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“It would be a gross understatement and a blatant denial to refer to serious and sustained attacks against religious communities in Nigeria of this magnitude as anything but acts of religious persecution,” U.S.

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This, time may, in fact, be different—we may have a more sustained selloff driven by a recession, a geopolitical crisis, or even stagflation.

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Related Words

• constant 
• continued 
• continuous 
• uninterrupted