unsustainable

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Recent Examples of unsustainable But there are reasons to believe the paradox is unsustainable. David Axe, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 While Nabers’ early target numbers (a season-high 18 in Week 2) were always going to be unsustainable, the lack of Nabers’ involvement combined with the Giants losing record became combustible Sunday. Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024 The supply-and-demand economics of artillery shells and troops are also unsustainable. Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024 There are several ways to avoid getting a turkey raised using unsustainable industrial farming practices. Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unsustainable 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsustainable
Adjective
  • The collapse of real estate has impaired local government finances so thoroughly that many now face unsupportable debt obligations of their own.
    Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • That would in effect make ownership of stocks unsupportable by the rich and this of course would end up crushing all those Americans hoping their stock portfolio will be the source of a happy retirement.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Other factors that affected homebuyers in the approval process were a low credit score (23%), unverifiable income (23%) and not enough money in reserves (12%), the report found.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The 2,500 forms marked as suspicious either had false names, duplicative handwriting or unverifiable or incorrect identifying information, officials said.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • One fear is therefore that the Collatz problem is one of the unprovable statements of mathematics.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
  • Greenwashing involves unfounded or unprovable claims of environmental sustainability.
    Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024

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“Unsustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsustainable. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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