sustainable
English
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /səˈsteɪnəbəl/
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Adjective
[edit]sustainable (comparative more sustainable, superlative most sustainable)
- Able to be sustained.
- Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.
- sustainable economy
- 2008 August–October, Dawn Brighid, "A Taste of Hope", in Organic Gardening, ISSN 1536-108X, volume 55, number 6, page 73 [2]:
- Some critics have asserted that sustainable food is "elitist"; that it's too expensive and not widely available.
- 2010, Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw[3], →ISBN, page 129:
- A city on a hill—or many cities on hills—surrounded by unbroken vistas of beautiful countryside; small, thriving, family-run farms growing organic, seasonal, and sustainable fruits and vegetables specific to the region.
- 2019, Jason Hickel, “Climate breakdown is coming. The UK needs a Greener New Deal”, in Guardian.:
- Right now, rich nations devour 28 tonnes of material per person per year – including everything from fish to forests, plastics to metals. That’s four times more than ecologists say is sustainable.
Derived terms
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[edit]able to be sustained
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able to be sustained: environmental term
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Noun
[edit]sustainable (plural sustainables)
- A renewable energy source.
- 1996, Joseph Francis Coates, John B. Mahaffie, Andy Hines, 2025: Scenarios of U.S. and Global Society Reshaped by Science and Technology, page 117:
- It has only been in the last 20 years that the long-term trend away from fossil fuels and toward nuclear energy and sustainables has intensified.
References
[edit]- “sustainable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- sustainable in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sustainable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
