unsustainable

unsustainable
unsustainable un‧su‧stain‧a‧ble [ˌʌnsəˈsteɪnəbl◂] adjective
1. impossible to continue doing for any length of time:

• The company's growth strategy proved unsustainable in a slow sales environment.

• The banks claim that the cost of running the system has become unsustainable.

2. involving the use of materials that cannot be grown or produced again:

• unsustainable products such as hardwoods

— compare sustainable

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unsustainable UK US /ˌʌnsəˈsteɪnəbəl/ adjective
► that cannot continue at the same rate: »

They are suffering a serious increase in inflation and an unsustainable boom in house prices.

 unsustainable level/pace/rate »

Public borrowing had reached an unsustainable level of 8% of GDP.

 unsustainable debt/deficit »

The economy is running an unsustainable deficit, making tax increases inevitable.

► NATURAL RESOURCES causing damage to the environment by using more of something than can be replaced naturally: »

Unsustainable logging of commercial forests is threatening the industry's survival beyond 10-15 years.

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In March, 50,000 people took to the streets of Mallorca to protest the island's unsustainable development.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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