unsustainable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unsustainably adverb
Etymology
Origin of unsustainable
1670–80; un- 1 + sustainable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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In his view, the price of oil had reached unsustainable levels.
But it also calls the contrast between its rapturous Nvidia earnings estimates and the stock’s discount valuation “seemingly unsustainable.”
From Barron's
He notes, however, that Brazil’s fiscal trajectory is “more unsustainable.”
“A recent pickup in credit growth is completely unsustainable.”
From Barron's
“A recent pickup in credit growth is completely unsustainable.”
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