unsustained

sus·tain

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [suh-steyn]
- /səˈsteɪn/
- /ˌʌnsəsˈteɪnd /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [suh-steyn]
- /səˈsteɪn/

Definitions of unsustained word

verb with object unsustained to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure. 1
verb with object unsustained to bear (a burden, charge, etc.). 1
verb with object unsustained to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding. 1
verb with object unsustained to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction. 1
verb with object unsustained to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation. 1
verb with object unsustained to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life. 1

See all 12 definitions of unsustained

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Origin of unsustained

First appearance:

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English suste(i)nen < Anglo-French sustenir, Old French < Latin sustinēre to uphold, equivalent to sus- sus- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold

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Parts of speech for Unsustained

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Unsustained

unsustained popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for unsustained

adj unsustained

curtate — shortened
in a nutshell — the shell of a nut.

adjective unsustained

abbreviate — If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
decreased — Simple past tense and past participle of decrease.
decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
diminished — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.

All 9 Synonyms of unsustained