self-sustaining

[ self-suh-stey-ning, self- ]

adjective

1. self-supporting.

Other Words From

• self-sus·tained adjective
• self-sus·taining·ly adverb
• self-sus·tainment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-sustaining¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Where the force generating those threats is a widespread, self-sustaining, and virulent social movement?

From The Daily Beast

The program is operated out of a self-sustaining salon run by former sex slave Neang Hok with the help of other survivors.

From The Daily Beast

Yemen has 15 aquifers, and only two today are self-sustaining; all the others are being steadily depleted.

From The Daily Beast

The goal is to create a self-sustaining program that is implemented by the vendors themselves.

From The Daily Beast

A friend of the blog on why Romney's momentum appears to be self-sustaining.

From The Daily Beast

Let American liberty be an intelligent liberty, and therefore a self-sustaining liberty.

From Project Gutenberg

They intended to establish thereby a Government of perpetual obligation and of self-sustaining vigor.

From Project Gutenberg

Last year it was hoped that by another year the paper would become self-sustaining.

From Project Gutenberg

They are all intended to make efficient, self-sustaining citizens who do not feel the pull of the law or the bond of outside care.

From Project Gutenberg

Great Britain has already acted on the assumption that the Confederate States (so called) are de facto a self-sustaining power.

From Project Gutenberg

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