unsustainable

adjective

un·sus·tain·able | \ ˌən-sə-ˈstā-nə-bəl

Definition of unsustainable

: not capable of being prolonged or continued : not sustainable unsustainable agricultural practices unsustainable growth

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unsustainability \ ˌən-sə-ˌstā-nə-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

unsustainably \ ˌən-sə-ˈstā-nə-blē

\ adverb

an unsustainably high rate of growth

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Such transfers have become unsustainable, clubs simply cannot afford such ostentatious spending. — James Masters, CNN, "Neymar, Bale, Coutinho: The loneliness of the megabuck soccer star," 3 Aug. 2019 That unsustainable service dramatically rose and fell, leaving the movie-hungry public open to the idea of another theater subscription service. — oregonlive.com, "Regal offers a new unlimited movie viewing plan, but there are plenty of catches," 30 July 2019 But here’s the most sobering part: Earth Overshoot Day is probably a vast underestimation of the actual level of unsustainable planetary wreckage, and the scientists behind the numbers are the first to admit it. — Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, "Earth Overshoot Day is earlier than ever this year—and it underestimates the crisis," 27 July 2019 Marx, who was wrong about most things, was surely right to think that growing inequalities are unsustainable and provoke revolutions. — K.n.c., The Economist, "The radical politics of futurists and fascists—and us, here, today," 19 July 2019 Instead of urging a ban, the IUCN report calls for reining in deforestation and discouraging the use of unsustainable palm oil. — Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Science | AAAS, "Courting controversy, scientists team with industry to tackle one of the world’s most destructive crops," 11 July 2019 Yet public debt continued to rise at an unsustainable pace. — Priscilla Twumasi-baffour, Quartz Africa, "Many Ghanaians think their country should divorce the IMF—that isn’t likely to happen," 8 July 2019 On the Great Recession and its aftermath: The financial crisis was caused in part by lax, greedy lenders who set off an unsustainable housing boom. — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, "Other voices: In praise of ingenuity: America’s record economic expansion," 23 June 2019 Earlier iterations of the program helped consumers avoid fish that came from unsustainable fisheries. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, "Slave labor is used to catch fish. This tech aims to stop it.," 13 June 2019

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