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unsustainable
This term conveys a sense of inevitable collapse or failure. It is frequently used in economic and environmental discourses to describe systems that consume resources faster than they can be replenished, creating a trajectory toward a breaking point.
In legal or academic contexts, the word shifts from a temporal or ecological meaning to a logical one. Here, it describes a claim or theory that lacks sufficient evidentiary support to remain valid under scrutiny, suggesting that the argument will crumble when challenged.
Meanings
Examples
The current rate of spending is simply unsustainable in the long run.
Working eighty hours a week is unsustainable for any human being.
We cannot continue these unsustainable farming practices without destroying the soil.
The city relies on an unsustainable level of groundwater extraction.
The city relies on an unsustainable level of groundwater extraction.
This growth is unsustainable and will eventually lead to a market crash.
Your argument is logically unsustainable given the evidence presented.
The prosecution's theory of the crime proved to be unsustainable in court.
I can't keep pretending everything is fine; this situation is unsustainable.