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nonsustainable

nonsustainable adjective: not sustainable.

Adjective

nonsustainable (not comparable)

  1. Not sustainable.
    • The surge was a nonsustainable military incursion of Shiite Baghdad, which had the effect of curbing street-level violence.2007 December 13, “Will 2008 Be a Postwar Election?”, in New York Times

Origin of nonsustainable

From non- + sustainable.

Questions about nonsustainable

What does nonsustainable mean?
Nonsustainable means not sustainable.
What part of speech is nonsustainable?
Nonsustainable is an adjective.

Words near nonsustainable in the dictionary

  1. nonsuspects
  2. nonsuspended
  3. nonsuspense
  4. nonsuspicious
  5. nonsustainability
  6. nonsustainable
  7. nonsustainably
  8. nonsustained
  9. nonsustaining
  10. nonsustenance
  11. nonsuturable

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