unsustainable
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"This is unsustainable, not just for households but also for the market as a whole," said Adam Scorer, chief executive of fuel poverty charity National Energy Action.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
That would make the current stalemate in Iran unsustainable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
He added: "Today, conditions are deteriorating, and humanitarian needs remain significantly underfunded. But after more than 50 years, managing displacement indefinitely cannot be the measure of our collective ambition. The status quo is untenable, unsustainable."
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
Klein also points out that despite the uptick in bond yields that many commentators attribute to unsustainable fiscal deficits has caused “so far zero evidence of any looming slowdown in U.S. economic data.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
In any society built on institutionalized racism, race-mixing doesn’t merely challenge the system as unjust, it reveals the system as unsustainable and incoherent.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Vocabulary lists containing unsustainable
Power Prefix: un-
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