Dictionary entry
Unsustainable
Pronunciation: /ʌnsəˈsteɪnəb(ə)l/
Pronunciation
/ʌnsəˈsteɪnəb(ə)l/
Myanmar Meaning
ထိမ်းသိမ်းမထားနိုင်သော။
Definition
unsustainable /ʌnsǝ'steÇnǝbl / adj ထိန္းမထားႏိုင္ေသာ။ ဆက္မထိန္းႏိုင္ေသာ။
Examples
- ‘Many of those collective agreements were not agreements at all: most were forced down the throats of defenceless factory proprietors who had a choice of paying unsustainable rates of pay or shutting down.’
- ‘Because the joint ventures pay very low wages
- and do not have to pay GST and local taxes
- they are able to pay for quota at a level that is unsustainable or uneconomic for our local fishermen.’
- ‘But the worry is that the overhang of plant and equipment will continue to forestall further capital investment
- and that consumer spending will peter out in the face of rising unemployment and unsustainable levels of debt.’
- ‘America is running a record trade deficit
- which seems headed towards 6% of GDP
- a level generally considered unsustainable.’
- ‘So what is the cause of the low interest rates responsible for the current unsustainable situation?’
- ‘Excessive domestic borrowings to finance current expenditure has resulted in debt service payments approaching unsustainable levels.’
- ‘The fact of the matter is that Canadian health care costs are rising at an unsustainable rate
- and because of this
- money is rationed through waiting lists and inadequate equipment.’
- ‘Now he is urging further government intervention to push housing prices to still more absurdly unsustainable levels.’
- ‘In this situation
- the fiscal position is unsustainable regardless of the current level of debt
- unless the Government raises the primary surplus sufficient to offset this effect.’
- ‘So all of the top five can be bought for a P / E of under seven
- implying investors think that the current level of profitability is unsustainable.’
- ‘It claimed the current system was unsustainable
- unfair and incoherent
- and other countries such as Germany and Japan had produced much more coherent systems for assessing needs and sharing costs.’
- ‘Given Wednesday's government figures showing an increase in house repossessions
- the signs suggest that current price levels are unsustainable
- experts warned.’
- ‘A nationwide group economist said the society thought house prices in London and its surrounding commuter belt were still rising at an unsustainable rate
- and he predicted weaker price growth in these areas next year.’
- ‘The risk of entering EMU at an unsustainable exchange rate would increase where a currency had been unstable.’
- ‘The carrier's real issue is that
- in the face of unstoppable competition
- its currently enjoyed levels of profitability are unsustainable.’
- ‘"Many sectors need investment
- but the current growth rate is unsustainable.’
- ‘According to a report by Cambridge Econometrics
- an independent think tank
- house prices in some parts of the UK have reached levels which are unsustainable in the long term.’
- ‘He also has to worry that the burgeoning trade deficit - now well above levels once considered unsustainable - might during his tenure bring to an end the recent strength of the dollar.’
- ‘Lending rates for housing are still at unsustainable levels despite the real estate slow-down.’
- ‘Bears
- however
- say it is more likely this signals the current level of dividends is unsustainable.’