unsustainable
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The Woodland Trust said unsustainable harvesting of plants - and particularly fungi - could put wildlife under pressure.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
"The company cannot simply pass increases of that scale on to residents, and the resulting shortfall has placed its current operating model under unsustainable financial pressure," it said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
After experiencing a sustained selloff in previous weeks over concerns of overspending and unsustainable debt levels, tech stocks moved higher on Tuesday as investors regained some confidence in the sustainability of AI spending.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Stansbury noted that Johnson from the start shared his and the board’s goals of upgrading the network infrastructure and eliminating an unsustainable dividend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
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Power Prefix: un-
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