unsustained
1
6.5
Not kept for a long time
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.səˈsteɪnd/
:
no sostenido
- Her interest in the hobby was unsustained, as she quickly lost motivation.
Examples
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The project faced issues because of unsustained funding from the investors.
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The athlete's unsustained performance during the season led to his benching.
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Results of the study substantiated the usefulness of such instrumentation in a pre-posttest design for evaluating program impact on students, and for prioritizing areas for continuous program improvement based on low achievement and unsustained growth.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
discontinued
vsunsustained
7
4.2
No longer made or offered
is not necessarily stopped forever and instead lacks continued maintenance
untended
vsunsustained
4
4.9
Not given care, like a garden
focuses on not being kept up over time rather than lacking care
nonsustained
vsunsustained
6.6
Ending quickly and lasting only a short time
is not kept up over a period of time rather than only ending quickly
Antonyms
How Sustained
Surface Forms
unsustained positive
Morphology
Etymology
Unsustained comes from un- ('not') and sustain ('to hold up' or 'keep going'). So unsustained describes something that was not kept up or continued.