unsustainable
adjective
un·sus·tain·able
ˌən-sə-ˈstā-nə-bəl 
: not capable of being prolonged or continued : not sustainable
unsustainable agricultural practices
unsustainable growth
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The Bangladesh Shipping Agents Association (BSAA) has called the increase unsustainable, suggesting instead a gradual implementation over six to twelve months with a 10–15 percent rise.
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Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Critics have said some of his own proposals sound financially unsustainable, and that the campaign promises on his website are short on details around how they’d be achieved.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
No more shooting, no more Death, no more vast and unsustainable sums of money spent.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
But Emma Walmsley, chief executive officer of GSK, isn’t sold on the leadership model, which is based, in part, on the idea that the CEO role has grown too vast—even unsustainable—for one person to handle.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Critics have said some of his own proposals sound financially unsustainable, and that the campaign promises on his website are short on details around how they’d be achieved.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
No more shooting, no more Death, no more vast and unsustainable sums of money spent.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
But Emma Walmsley, chief executive officer of GSK, isn’t sold on the leadership model, which is based, in part, on the idea that the CEO role has grown too vast—even unsustainable—for one person to handle.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Unsustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsustainable. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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