"unsustainable" meaning in English

See unsustainable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more unsustainable [comparative], most unsustainable [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + sustainable. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|sustainable|id1=negative}} un- + sustainable Head templates: {{en-adj}} unsustainable (comparative more unsustainable, superlative most unsustainable)
  1. Not sustainable. Translations (Not sustainable): insostenible (Catalan), kestämätön (Finnish), pas viable (French), non viable (French), pas tenable (French), intenable (French), fenntarthatatlan (Hungarian), insostenibile (Italian), ikke bærekraftig (Norwegian), niezrównoważony (Polish), ohållbar (Swedish)
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