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sustain

support

Related forms: sustain · 3 words in this dictionary

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3 words

To provide what is needed for someone or something to exist, continue, or operate

sus+tain

Shared component: sustain · support

not able to be maintained or continued at the current rate or level

un+sustain+able

Shared component: sustain · support

The quality or state of being unsustainable; the condition of not being able to be maintained at the current rate or level without causing depletion or collapse.

un+sustain+ability

Shared component: sustain · support