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1
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
- a line of argument that is probably not sustainable in a public forum against skilled debaters
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2
capable of being proven as true or real
- has no sustainable claim to the property without a deed or some other document
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- checkable,
- confirmable,
- demonstrable,
- empirical
- (also empiric),
- provable,
- supportable,
- verifiable
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3
capable of being endured
- the general didn't think that such heavy casualties could be sustainable for much longer
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- 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
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The first known use of sustainable was in 1924
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