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unsustainable

[uhn-suh-stey-nuh-buhl] / ˌʌn səˈsteɪ nə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
not able to be supported in the future
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The head of the World Trade Organization on Friday urged China to change its growth model, arguing that its soaring trade surplus was ultimately unsustainable and risked sparking new trade barriers.

From Barron's

This anticommunist union grew to have 10 million members, almost a third of the Polish population, ultimately making communist rule in Poland unsustainable.

From The Wall Street Journal

Allen expects the pace of spending growth in the second half of 2025 to be unsustainable.

From Barron's

Short of a true crisis, at a minimum investors will respond to Takaichi’s win by increasing scrutiny not just of Japan’s finances and debt, but also of that of other countries with unsustainable public finances.

From Barron's

Short of a true crisis, at a minimum investors will respond to Takaichi’s win by increasing scrutiny not just of Japan’s finances and debt, but also of that of other countries with unsustainable public finances.

From Barron's