TermGallery
English
English
Spanish
Catalan
Portuguese
Russian
Look up alternatives for...
EN
Interface language
English
Español
Català
Português
Русский
Meanings
Examples
We are using cookies
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
Accept and close
More about cookies
Did you know?
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
Meanings of
self-sustaining
in English
Able to provide for your own needs without help from others.
self-sufficient
self-sufficing
Related terms
independent
Synonyms
Examples for "
self-sufficient
"
self-sufficient
self-sufficing
Examples for "
self-sufficient
"
1
For, in some areas,
self
-
sufficient
farmers and craftsmen would appreciate good timber.
2
The changes to watchOS 6 won't make the wearable
self
-
sufficient
quite yet.
3
In fact, the entire villa was
self
-
sufficient
when it came to power.
4
The beautiful isolation of the rose in its own fragrance is
self
-
sufficient
.
5
For Level 3 is
self
-
sufficient
,
a part of the new underground world.
1
She has practically everything necessary to a healthy and
self
-
sufficing
industrial life.
2
They were facts-absoluteas the globe itself-regionsof wisdom, perfect and
self
-
sufficing
.
3
Eventually there was Captain Dunning, god of this brief but
self
-
sufficing
microcosm.
4
If any imperfect creature were
self
-
sufficing
,
what would he have to enjoy?
5
She is
self
-
sufficing
in a million respects in which we are not so.
Usage of
self-sustaining
in English
1
The government is hoping the recovery will broaden out and become
self
-
sustaining
.
2
This approach has, predictably enough, devolved into a
self
-
sustaining
game of whack-a-mole.
3
And indeed his words and their import are most rational and
self
-
sustaining
.
4
The Homes for the Destitute will be nearly, if not quite,
self
-
sustaining
.
5
I built a
self
-
sustaining
suspension unit which I stuck in a tomb.
6
The challenge for this type of technology is to become
self
-
sustaining
.
7
The recyclables are then sold, creating a
self
-
sustaining
economic model for the community.
8
The argument had reached the take-off point, and was now
self
-
sustaining
.
9
Right now it is not
self
-
sustaining
but time is running out.
10
The City is a national asset only if it is
self
-
sustaining
.
11
Many traditional farm operations at the sites are automated and
self
-
sustaining
.
12
The Keeps were enough for the undersea folk; they were
self
-
sustaining
.
13
How do you intend to make your vocation
self
-
sustaining
beyond that initial investment?
14
It has the positioning to allow dependent communities to grow into
self
-
sustaining
areas.
15
Thus the institution is put as far as possible on a
self
-
sustaining
basis.
16
One was built for
self
-
sustaining
colony attempt at the second galaxy.
Other examples for "self-sustaining"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
self-sustain aquaria
Self-sustaining
through the time