unsustainable
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If it’s uncomfortable or unsustainable to live with continuously, ask your body why — and how it can help you make decisions that are the kindest possible to your nervous system.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Two things may be true: A.I. is putting unsustainable pressure on managers, and an overreliance on A.I. is causing previously standard skills to atrophy.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026
When feed costs become unsustainable, farmers may be forced to kill or sell off the breeding cows and sows that represent the future of the food supply.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
While this doesn’t mean dividends are unsustainable, “it nonetheless is suggestive of strains,” the firm added.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 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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Vocabulary lists containing unsustainable
Power Prefix: un-
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: un-
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