unsustainable

CEFRB2

/ˌʌnsəˈsteɪnəbəl/

adjective

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In plain English

01
adjective
Unable to continue without causing serious harm or using too many resources.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Something that cannot be sustained.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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In context

These regulations are unsustainable.
You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.

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You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.
2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22
RTDs cover a multitude of sips, including: “hard” or “spiked” teas, coffees, kombuchas and seltzers; […]. And although the sector was birthed in the ’30s by drinks like Campari Soda, and boomed in the ’90s with Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice, RTDs are now at a point of seemingly unsustainable saturation.
2022 July 4, Ben Schott, “Is There Anything That Gen Z Won’t Drink?”, in The Washington Post

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From un- + sustainable.