as in unsupportable
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Recent Examples of unsustainable
Initially, Total Access caught on, with Blockbuster attracting 2 million online subscribers in its first year, more than a quarter of Netflix’s user base, but the offer was unsustainable.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
This is completely unsustainable and puts our economy on a path of instability and decline.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
That bailout is unsustainable, though, so seniors should brace for more pain in coming years.
—Saul Anuzis, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Advanced-stage care can currently cost up to $175,000 per year for every patient, which is simply unsustainable.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
This is completely unsustainable and puts our economy on a path of instability and decline.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
That bailout is unsustainable, though, so seniors should brace for more pain in coming years.
—Saul Anuzis, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Advanced-stage care can currently cost up to $175,000 per year for every patient, which is simply unsustainable.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsustainable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsustainable
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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
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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
Adjective
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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
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What Lexington Law offers Identification of negative items and possible challenges – Lexington Law identifies inaccuracies and unverifiable information on your credit report.—
Victor Rosario,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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One fear is therefore that the Collatz problem is one of the unprovable statements of mathematics.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
25 July 2024
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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 10 Apr. 2025.
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