Definition of sustainable
- sustainable techniques
- sustainable agriculture
- sustainable society
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
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1924
insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable;
agonizing, appalling, awful, bad, cruel, dire, dreadful, excruciating, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), harrowing, harsh, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, lurid, macabre, monstrous, nasty, nightmarish, painful, rotten, shocking, terrible, tormenting, torturous, unfortunate, vicious, vile, wretched;
acute, extreme, intense, piercing;
abhorrent, deplorable, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, nauseating, obnoxious, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening;
abominable, evil, foul, heinous, noxious, odious, unspeakable;
livable (also liveable), survivable;
acceptable, adequate, admissible, allowable, permissible, reasonable, satisfactory;
: able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed
: involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources
: able to last or continue for a long time
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