sustainable
playSimple Definition of sustainable
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: able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed
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: involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources
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: able to last or continue for a long time
Full Definition of sustainable
1 : capable of being sustained
2a : of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged <sustainable techniques> <sustainable agriculture>b : of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods <sustainable society>
Examples of sustainable in a sentence
<a line of argument that is probably not sustainable in a public forum against skilled debaters>
<has no sustainable claim to the property without a deed or some other document>
Circa 1727
First Known Use of sustainable
circa 1727
Other Ecology Terms
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