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sustainable

  • adjective
  • /səˈsteɪnəbəl/

Able to be sustained.

Other meanings

  1. Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.

    “sustainable economy”

Related words

  • biosustainable
  • ecosustainable
  • nonsustainable
  • sustainably
  • unsustainable
  • sustainability
  • sustainable tourist
  • sustainable development

Example sentences

  • “They design sustainable art installations.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “It's absolutely not sustainable.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sustainable” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.