unsustainable

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Recent Examples of unsustainable The Trump Administration might wish to consider four initiatives: Working with like-minded nations to reduce national government subsidies that contribute to overfishing and unsustainable fishing practices. Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 With severe labour shortages already affecting the sector, neglecting half the talent pool is unsustainable. Angelica Krystle Donati, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 This never-ending quest is becoming unsustainable owing to the imbalance in stakes here; most players can respawn at will, but these ones only have one life. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 Trump defended his decision to impose tariffs, saying that the trade situation with U.S. partners was unsustainable and that someone needed to act. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unsustainable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsustainable
Adjective
  • Someone in this case simply made up a novel but completely unsupportable theory.
    Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Calling for mass deportation instead of providing undocumented immigrants some clemency for their wrongdoing in light of such a history of lawbreaking and pardons involves a double standard that is morally unsupportable.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Creditor interventions – The team challenges inaccurate or unverifiable information with credit bureaus and creditors.
    Victor Rosario, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The figure remains unverifiable and DOGE's website claims to have posted only 30% of the receipts supporting this total.
    Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025
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 2 May. 2025.

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