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unsustainable

/ˌʌnsəˈsteɪnəbəl/ /ˌʌnsʊˈsteɪnəbəl/

Meanings
adjective
Not sustainable

Examples :

"Using all of our water to fill a swimming pool in the desert is unsustainable. "
environment ecology economy

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sustainable adjective

/səˈsteɪnəbəl/

Able to be sustained.

"Our family is trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle by reducing waste and using less energy. "

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not noun

/nɒt/ /nɑt/

A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

"The not of the student's attendance record meant they were absent. "

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

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fill verb

/fɪl/

To occupy fully, to take up all of.

"The overflowing bin filled the entire kitchen counter. "

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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using verb

/ˈjuːzɪŋ/

To utilize or employ.

"She is using a calculator to solve the math problem. "

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desert noun

/dɪˈzɜːt/ /dəˈzɝt/ /ˈdɛzət/ /ˈdɛzɚt/

(usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward

"His poor grades were a desert of his lack of effort. "

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pool noun

/pul/ /puːl/

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.

"the pools of Solomon"

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swimming noun

/ˈswɪmɪŋ/

The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.

"My favorite weekend activity is swimming. "

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all noun

/ɔːl/ /ɔl/ /ɑl/

(with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.

"She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line."

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water noun

/ˈwoːtə/ /ˈwɑtəɹ/ [woːʔɐ] [ˈwaːʈər] /ˈwoːtɘ/ /ˈwɔːtə/ /ˈwɔtəɹ/

A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

"By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen."