Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sustainwash

/səˈsteɪnwɒʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sus-tain-wash
IPA
/səˈsteɪnwɒʃ/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To engage in the sustainability analogue of, or subset of, greenwashing.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From sustain + -wash, following the established pattern of greenwash, pinkwash, and similar forms (which came ultimately from the figurative-extension sense of whitewash as "to slap a paintjob over the truth to hide it and to give a specious nice appearance"); this form also rhymes with brainwash, as does humanewash.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sustainwashes (present, singular) sustainwashing (participle, present) sustainwashed (participle, past) sustainwashed (past)

Rhymes With

sanewash

Questions

How do you pronounce sustainwash?
The recorded pronunciation is /səˈsteɪnwɒʃ/.
What does sustainwash mean?
To engage in the sustainability analogue of, or subset of, greenwashing.
Where does sustainwash come from?
From sustain + -wash, following the established pattern of greenwash, pinkwash, and similar forms (which came ultimately from the figurative-extension sense of whitewash as "to slap a paintjob over the truth to hide it and to give a specious nice appearance"); this form also rhymes with brainwash, as does humanewash.

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