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self-sustaining

self-sustaining

10 5.7
Able to keep working without help from others
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɛlf səˈsteɪnɪŋ/
translation icon : autosuficiente
  • The garden is designed to be self-sustaining, requiring minimal care while still producing fresh vegetables.
  • self-sustaining population
  • become self-sustaining
  • self-sustaining system

And that they've got a kind of self-sustaining energy and, and appeal.

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Examples

  • In order to have lasting conservation value, individual populations must be self-sustaining in a variety of interconnected ways.

    Academic text (2011)
  • One strategy for becoming more financially self-sustaining is to generate additional revenue from the products that they produce.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The aim is to establish self-sustaining groups whose members can support each other outside school hours.

    Academic text (2010)
  • No, we want a self-sustaining plant, a base on Mars that could support people.

  • So for SpaceX, the goal is to establish a self-sustaining city on Mars.

  • The preservation of historic monuments also played a role in the attempt to create a self-sustaining cultural environment.

    Academic text (1990)
  • And today he has a mini home that's self-sustaining and it's built from material that is eco friendly.

  • Commercially produced software generates self-sustaining revenue through the sale of licenses or services.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Although Triangle Park started life as a hothouse flower, it has evolved into a self-sustaining knowledge ecosystem.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The program is designed to be fiscally self-sustaining through extant public disability benefits for housing, treatment, and support services.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

self-sufficient
vsself-sustaining
33 3.9

Can live without help from other people

is about general maintenance or support rather than only providing needs
self-contained
vsself-sustaining
20 4.3

Complete and independent without needing anything else to work

focuses on ongoing ability to maintain or support without outside assistance
self-reliant
vsself-sustaining
13 4.5

Able to act and decide without help from others

emphasizes sustaining oneself practically rather than personal independence alone
on one's own two feet
vsself-sustaining
  • Informal
12 4.2

Able to live and support yourself without help from others

is the general condition of maintaining or supporting without outside assistance
self-supporting
vsself-sustaining
3 3.9

Has enough money to live without help from others

is broader, covering maintenance in any way not only financial support
self-sustained
vsself-sustaining
1 5.3

Able to continue to work or live without help from others

is about the general ability to maintain or support oneself
self-sufficing
vsself-sustaining
  • Archaic
7.4

Able to provide for yourself without help from others

is the broader ability to maintain or support oneself in many ways

Antonyms

45 5.0

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

27 3.7

A person who relies on someone else for money or support

How Self-Sustaining

autonomous
51 6.3
self-sustaining
10 5.7
supported
2.0
reliant
30 4.0

Surface Forms

self-sustaining positive

Morphology

self-sustaining = sustaining (transparent) = self + sustain + ing

The meaning is clearly derived from 'sustaining' with the addition of 'self' to indicate independence.

Etymology

Self-sustaining joins self ('by oneself') and sustain ('to keep' or 'support'), the same root you see in sustainable. So, something that is self-sustaining can 'keep itself going' and does not need help from outside.