nonsustainable

Examples

• All

• The company's reliance on nonsustainable practices is harming the environment.

• This nonsustainable situation can be clearly seen in the damage done to major elements necessary for the continued well-being of the planet.

  Academic text (1993)

• In this sense, some nonsustainable development seems inevitable.

  Academic text (1990)

• As many contend it does, such growth is nonsustainable.

  Academic text (1995)

• All the rhetoric aside, the alternative is aiding continued pollution from nonsustainable energy sources.

  Academic text (1999)

• For some cases, particularly in arid areas, the groundwater resource is treated as nonsustainable.

  Academic text (2006)

• A major cause of nonsustainable development is that benefits to particular individuals or groups from overexploitation may be great, whereas losses are shared broadly by society as a whole.

  Academic text (1990)

• There are often long delays between the initiation of nonsustainable exploitation rates and the appearance of their deleterious effects.

  Academic text (1990)

• Short-term nonsustainable development is also favored by three factors: time frames that are too short, spatial frames that are too small, and economic incentives for overuse.

  Academic text (1990)

• Nonsustainable human land-use patterns have been cited as the primary cause of tropical habitat degradation (IUCN/UNEP/WWF, 1980, 1991).

  Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

U

unsustainable

vsnonsustainable

45 5.0

Not able to continue in the same way for a long time

is specifically about continuation that causes harm or depletes resources

U

unviable

vsnonsustainable

2 6.4

Not able to succeed or continue, for example a project

focuses on continuation that damages resources rather than mere failure

N

nonviable

vsnonsustainable

1 7.8

Not able to live, develop, or succeed

concerns continued use that harms or depletes resources

U

unmaintainable

vsnonsustainable

7.6

Too damaged or complex to keep in good condition

emphasizes harmful resource depletion as reason it cannot continue

U

unsustained

vsnonsustainable

6.5

Not kept for a long time

is about inability to continue because it damages resources rather than mere neglect

N

nonsustained

vsnonsustainable

6.6

Ending quickly and lasting only a short time

refers to continuation that is harmful or depletes resources, not just shortness

Antonyms

S

sustainable

183 4.5

Can continue for a long time without using up resources or harming the environment

How Sustainable

renewable

27 3.7

sustainable

183 4.5

nonsustainable

7.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology