UNSUSTAINABLE

Meaning of UNSUSTAINABLE in English

“+ adjective

Etymology: un- (I) + sustain + -able

: not capable of being sustained

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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 — ■ adjective 1》 not able to be sustained. ↘ Ecology upsetting the ecological balance by depleting natural resources. 2》 not …
Concise Oxford English vocab
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: LIFE-SCIENCES
Britannica English vocabulary
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
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

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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