unsustainable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sustain Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sustainable English unsustainable From un- + sustainable.
Meanings
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Not sustainable.
RTDs cover a multitude of sips, including: “hard” or “spiked” teas, coffees, kombuchas and seltzers; […]. And although the sector was birthed in the ’30s by drinks like Campari Soda, and boomed in the ’90s with Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice, RTDs are now at a point of seemingly unsustainable saturation.
2022 July 4, Ben Schott, “Is There Anything That Gen Z Won’t Drink?”, in The Washington Post:You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.
2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unsustainable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unsustainable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (16)
pl niezrównoważony (Not sustainable) · pt insustentável (Not sustainable) · fr insoutenable (Not sustainable) · gl insustentábel (Not sustainable) · fr non viable (Not sustainable) · it insostenibile (Not sustainable) · fi kestämätön (Not sustainable) · no ikke bærekraftig (Not sustainable) · ca insostenible (Not sustainable) · es insostenible (Not sustainable) · hu fenntarthatatlan (Not sustainable) · de unhaltbar (Not sustainable) · sv ohållbar (Not sustainable) · fr pas tenable (Not sustainable) · fr intenable (Not sustainable) · fr pas viable (Not sustainable)