unsustained
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
untended
vsunsustained
3
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
discontinued
vsunsustained
4.2
No longer made or offered
is not necessarily stopped forever and instead lacks continued maintenance
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.