Sustainable Definition
sə-stānə-bəl
adjective
Capable of being sustained.
Webster's New World
Capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment.
Sustainable agriculture.
American Heritage
Designating, of, or characterized by a practice that sustains a given condition, as economic growth, or a human population without destroying or depleting natural resources, polluting the environment, etc.
Sustainable agriculture.
Webster's New World
Governed or maintained by, or produced as a result of, such practices.
Sustainable growth.
Webster's New World
Origin of Sustainable
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sustain +"Ž -able
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