sustainable

Speech parts

1. sustainable - Noun

2. sustainable - Adjective

Meaning

Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

barth stabile economic macrobiotic tenable green stable consistent organic continuing rational moderate acceptable sustained reasonable
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Antonyms

dicky uncertain unstable ambiguous dubious precarious
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Phrases with the word

non-sustainable user sustainable concrete sustainable protein sustainable mobililty sustainable tourism environmentally sustainable

Examples

I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace. Wangari Maathai

The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn't acknowledge that there is a world beyond America. Arundhati Roy

Organizations need to undergo fundamental changes, both in order to adapt to the new business environment and to become ecologically sustainable. Fritjof Capra

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries. Gro Harlem Brundtland

I believe that the existing power structures in Europe and Northeast Asia are not sustainable through 2020. John Mearsheimer

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development. Kofi Annan

Close letter words and terms

sustain oneself sustain peace sustainability sustainable concrete sustainable development sustainable mobililty