as in unsupportable
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Recent Examples of unsustainable
Retail analyst Neil Saunders said that going into the first bankruptcy, Joann's debt levels were already unsustainable.
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Scott Neuman, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
Efforts to fabricate Taiwanese statehood, nationality, or language—instigated from across the ocean—are artificial and, consequently, unsustainable.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
It’s been a rough skid after a decade of Peak TV spending that was unsustainable in the long run.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Jefferies analyst Brent Thill thinks Palantir’s run is unsustainable, given that the stock is trading at about 50-times forward earnings.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
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Scott Neuman, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
Efforts to fabricate Taiwanese statehood, nationality, or language—instigated from across the ocean—are artificial and, consequently, unsustainable.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
It’s been a rough skid after a decade of Peak TV spending that was unsustainable in the long run.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Jefferies analyst Brent Thill thinks Palantir’s run is unsustainable, given that the stock is trading at about 50-times forward earnings.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsustainable
Adjective
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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
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Earlier Monday, Trump continued attacking Zelensky and Ukraine at a White House news conference and repeated an unverifiable claim that the U.S. has sent $350 billion in aid to Ukraine.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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No one fact-checking the government when unverifiable and damaging comments are made by a government official.—
Alex Malm,
Twin Cities,
7 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 Mar. 2025.
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