unsustainably
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- adverb
- /ˌʌn.səˈsteɪ.nə.bli/
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de manera insostenible
- Many practices in the industry are done unsustainably, leading to resource depletion.
Hindenburg argued that the company's valuation was pumped up because it paid unsustainably high dividends funded by investments from new investors.
- Hindenburg argued that the company's valuation was pumped up because it paid unsustainably high dividends funded by investments from new investors.
- Those prices go up when wages go up unsustainably.
Examples
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Unfortunately, the problem of unsustainably high and oppressive property taxes is not a local one.
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The use of water in farming was managed unsustainably, risking future crop yields.
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Right now we are operating unsustainably.
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If we continue to operate unsustainably, then in 50 or 60 years, the US, Japan, and Europe will be in bad shape.
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So every industry is structured unsustainably.
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Fortunately, the fact is that we can stop consuming resources unsustainably and wrecking our environment while still making our lives better.
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It kind of clouds the basic problem: by using our resources unsustainably, we will end up destroying ourselves.
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However, if consumer spending isn't slowing and labor markets are unsustainably hot, then progress could have stalled.
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Prisons make up about one-fifth of our state's unsustainably bloated budget.
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Groundwater overdrafts would be phased out in countries and regions that previously pumped groundwater unsustainably.
Academic text (2003)
Antonyms
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4.2
In a way that does not harm nature or use up resources and can continue for a long time
How Sustainable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsustainably = unsustainable (transparent) = un + sustain + able + ly
The adverb is formed by adding '-ly' to 'unsustainable', which is transparently derived from 'sustain' + '-able' with 'un-'.
Etymology
The word unsustainably starts with un- meaning 'not' and comes from sustain, which means 'to hold up' or 'keep going'. So, to do something unsustainably is to do it in a way that cannot be 'held up' or kept going without harm or using up resources.