unsustainable

Example Sentences

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When feed costs become unsustainable, farmers may be forced to kill or sell off the breeding cows and sows that represent the future of the food supply.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

While this doesn’t mean dividends are unsustainable, “it nonetheless is suggestive of strains,” the firm added.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

He said: "It would have been obvious to him from the moment of defecting that continued occupation would be unsustainable."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The government provides the loans to parents regardless of their income. and, since they could borrow up to the cost of attendance, the loans can leave families in an unsustainable position.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Thus language-games do not simply succeed, progress, pay, or prove their worth; they can also become unsustainable if the facts change.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton