Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsustainable

/ˌʌnsəstˈeɪnəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: un-sus-tain-able
IPA: /ˌʌnsəstˈeɪnəbəl/

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not sustainable.

noun

Something that cannot be sustained.

Example Sentences

"You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable."
"RTDs cover a multitude of sips, including: “hard” or “spiked” teas, coffees, kombuchas and seltzers; […]. And although the sector was birthed in the ’30s by drinks like Campari Soda, and boomed in the ’90s with Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice, RTDs are now at a point of seemingly unsustainable saturation."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sustain Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sustainable English unsustainable From un- + sustainable.

Inflected Forms

more unsustainable (comparative) most unsustainable (superlative) unsustainables (plural)

Derived Forms

unsustainably

Rhymes With

sustainable attainable obtainable unattainable unexplainable unobtainable explainable trainable

Questions

How do you pronounce unsustainable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌnsəstˈeɪnəbəl/.
What does unsustainable mean?: Not sustainable.
Where does unsustainable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sustain Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sustainable English unsustainable From un- + sustainable.

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