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unsustainable

[uhn-suh-stey-nuh-buhl] / ˌʌn səˈsteɪ nə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
not able to be supported in the future
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The spending growth looks increasingly unsustainable, even with Meta’s revenue growing strongly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

District officials acknowledge their proposals are painful, but said they face an unsustainable financial situation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Sports bettors losing money shouldn’t be surprising—where else would you expect sportsbook profits to come from?—but the manner of our collective losses seems both sleazy and unsustainable.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

"They are losing $500 Million Dollars a day, an unsustainable number, even in the short run."

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Thus language-games do not simply succeed, progress, pay, or prove their worth; they can also become unsustainable if the facts change.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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