How to Use unsustainable in a Sentence
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This term is vague and can hint at an unsustainable pace or lack of boundaries.
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Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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But even most of them said the recent pace of job growth was unsustainable for long.
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New York Times,
5 Apr. 2022
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Last week the fund made clear that the country’s debt is unsustainable.
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The Economist,
27 Feb. 2020
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On the flip side, campus leaders have long said the freeze is unsustainable.
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Kelly Meyerhofer,
Journal Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2022
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That unsustainable habits were the price of success?
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Kari Cobham,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Gold bulls, bears and bugs alike have been aware that its angle of ascent looked unsustainable.
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Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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That bailout is unsustainable, though, so seniors should brace for more pain in coming years.
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Saul Anuzis,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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That pace would be unsustainable for me now, in my 40s with children.
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Andrew Filev,
Fortune,
30 Aug. 2025
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The concept worked for a time but was unsustainable, soldiers said.
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Serhii Korolchuk,
Washington Post,
4 Oct. 2023
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That kind of move was clearly unsustainable.
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Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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Health care spending has been rising at an unsustainable rate.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Yet the work remains below a level of unsustainable pain that would force a change.
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Cal Newport,
The New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2021
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That could push the cost of borrowing to painful highs and make the debt levels unsustainable.
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Mark Landler,
New York Times,
23 Sep. 2022
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About twins who love each other deeply, but in a way that is entirely unsustainable.
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Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Apr. 2023
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That is, the way the industry has been structured over the past few years was unsustainable.
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Vulture,
10 Mar. 2023
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Are we stuck with the status quo, which has proven to be unsustainable for the health of people and planet?
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Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The path forward feels forced and unsustainable.
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Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Kluger added that the spike in cost of food and restaurant supplies made keeping it open unsustainable.
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Susan Dunne,
courant.com,
8 Sep. 2021
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Child poverty is already at a level that is, to me, should be unsustainable.
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NBC News,
8 May 2022
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This was unsustainable as there were hose lines on the ground and operating.
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oregonlive,
14 May 2022
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What a lot of my colleagues are saying is, ‘This is now unsustainable.
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Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
7 Oct. 2023
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No more shooting, no more Death, no more vast and unsustainable sums of money spent.
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Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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No more shooting, no more Death, no more vast and unsustainable sums of money spent.
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Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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In short, Chutkan’s order is unsustainable and shouldn’t stand.
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The Editors,
National Review,
18 Oct. 2023
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That led to a lot of greed and unsustainable business models and a lot of leverage in crypto.
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Corrie Driebusch,
WSJ,
18 June 2022
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But right now, the cost to the overall system is likely unsustainable.
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Alec Johnson,
Journal Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2024
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Ducheine says prices at the pump are becoming unsustainable.
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Marybel Rodriguez,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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But this pace is simply unsustainable.
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Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Houston won the game, 9-7, but in a fashion that is unsustainable across the next five months.
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Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, warnings abound that its rally is unsustainable and that buyers could lose all their money.
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Joanna Ossinger,
Fortune,
10 May 2021
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