unsustainable

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Teachers in Northern Ireland are to vote on whether to take industrial action over what they say is their "unsustainable" workload.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The current way of waging war is becoming increasingly unsustainable for the Russian state, especially as the country’s economic troubles make it more difficult to find money to sign up new recruits.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

But both the governor’s office and the California Legislative Analyst’s Office have warned that those gains may be unsustainable.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

"You have insurance charges, floor charges, and various other levies that make production unsustainable," he told AFP, repeating allegations that contractors collude to keep prices low and "shortchange" producers.

From Barron's • May 15, 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