UNSUSTAINABLE

Meaning of UNSUSTAINABLE in English

■ adjective

1》 not able to be sustained.

↘ Ecology upsetting the ecological balance by depleting natural resources.

2》 not able to be upheld or defended.

Derivatives

unsustainably adverb

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

UNSUSTAINABLE — “+ adjective Etymology: un- (I) + sustain + -able : not capable of being sustained
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNSUSTAINABLE — — unsustainably , adv. /un'seuh stay"neuh beuhl/ , adj. not sustainable; not to be supported, maintained, upheld, or corroborated. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UNSUSTAINABLE — unsustainable BrE AmE ˌʌn sə ˈsteɪn əb ə l ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UNSUSTAINABLE — / ˌʌnsəˈsteɪnəbl; NAmE / adjective that cannot be continued at the same level, rate, etc. : unsustainable growth OPP sustainable
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNSUSTAINABLE — un ‧ sus ‧ tain ‧ a ‧ ble AC /ˌʌnsəˈsteɪnəb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UNSUSTAINABLE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Instead, successive presidents continued to promise prosperity and to dole out unsustainable subsidies. ▪ Maybe …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UNSUSTAINABLE — Synonyms and related words : baseless, controvertible, empty, groundless, idle, ill-founded, unattestable, unbased, unconfirmable, undemonstrable, undemonstratable, unfounded, ungrounded, unprovable, unsubstantiatable, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNSUSTAINABLE — a. 1. Insupportable, intolerable. 2. Erroneous, unmaintainable, untenable, controvertible.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
UNSUSTAINABLE — unsustainable неподдерживаемый
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UNSUSTAINABLE — unsustainable неподдерживаемый
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UNMAINTAINABLE — adj. unmanageable, unsustainable, impossible to maintain
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OVERPOPULATION — n. excessive population; population which is unsustainable by the space and resources available
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OVERPOPULATED — adj. crowded; having a population which is unsustainable by the space and resources available
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: WORLD-AFFAIRS — Afghanistan Area: 652,225 sq km (251,825 sq mi)Population (2000 est.):25,889,000 (including Afghan refugees estimated to number about 1,100,000 in Pakistan …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: LIFE-SCIENCES
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: ENVIRONMENT — Gardening The wet weather that plagued much of northwestern Europe during the fall and winter of 1998 continued through the …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: ECONOMIC-AFFAIRS — Banking Enactment of sweeping financial modernization legislation in the United States, the introduction of a single currency in 11 of …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: MILITARY-AFFAIRS: SPECIAL REPORT — SPECIAL REPORT: Combating the Land Mine Scourge by Douglas L. Clarke U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher has called them …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: WORLD-AFFAIRS: SPOTLIGHT — Spotlight: Mexico, the Painful Changes Rarely had a country turned from a showcase into a basket case in such a …
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SUSTAINABLE — / səˈsteɪnəbl; NAmE / adjective 1. involving the use of natural products and energy in a way that does not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUSTENANCE — sus ‧ te ‧ nance AC /ˈsʌstənəns/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] formal [ Word Family: noun : ↑ sustenance , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SUSTAINABLE — sus ‧ tain ‧ a ‧ ble AC /səˈsteɪnəb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SUSTAIN — sus ‧ tain W3 AC /səˈsteɪn/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ sustenance , ↑ sustainability …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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SUSTAINABLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STATUS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES inferior status formal (= an inferior position ) ▪ As a slave, he was aware …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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