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unsustainable

adjective as in not able to be supported in the future

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Still, there are concerns that the spending is unsustainable.

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Among other challenges to be confronted by whoever is in charge, repeated warnings from financial watchdogs that levels of social spending in Scotland are unsustainable.

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But it took a lot longer than they had expected, and meantime the bills came due and valuations became unsustainable.

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This is an unsustainable system that feeds billions of taxpayer dollars to insurance companies.

Republican lawmakers have warned of unsustainable government spending.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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