"unsustaining" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unsustaining [comparative], most unsustaining [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + sustaining. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|sustaining|id1=negative}} un- + sustaining Head templates: {{en-adj}} unsustaining (comparative more unsustaining, superlative most unsustaining)
  1. That does not sustain.
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