unsustainably
At exhausting rates
Unsustainably describes doing something in a way that cannot be maintained over time without depleting resources or causing harm.
It most often appears in environmental and economic contexts: We've been living unsustainably, consuming far more than the planet can replenish.
The word implies that current practices will inevitably fail or require change—fishing unsustainably leads to collapsed fisheries, spending unsustainably leads to debt.
Unsustainable resource extraction
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- overexploitationExcessive resource depletion
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
clear-cutting · strip-mining · overgrazing · overmining · overextraction · overuse · wastefully · exhaustively
Excessively burdened by debt
- boom-bustCyclical economic volatility
- unprofitablyWithout financial benefit
- loss-makingFailing to profit
- overextendedBeyond sustainable capacity
underfunded · precariously · riskily · dangerously · unaffordably · expensively · wastefully · inefficiently
Laboring beyond healthy limits
- sleep-deprivedLacking adequate rest
- exhaustinglyIn a depleting way
- demandinglyIn an insistent manner
- relentlesslyWithout stopping or weakening
grueling · draining · depleting · unhealthily · imbalanced · overcommitted · self-destructively
Introducing harmful contaminants
- chemicallyVia substance interactions
- toxicallyIn a poisonous manner
- destructivelyIn a damaging manner
- degradinglyIn belittling fashion
overharvesting
Unsustainable resource extraction
- overfishingUnsustainable marine harvest
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- overexploitationExcessive resource depletion
deforestation · clear-cutting · strip-mining · overgrazing · overmining · overextraction · overuse · wastefully · exhaustively
overleveraged
Excessively burdened by debt
- boom-bustCyclical economic volatility
- unprofitablyWithout financial benefit
- loss-makingFailing to profit
overextended · underfunded · precariously · riskily · dangerously · unaffordably · expensively · wastefully · inefficiently · short-sightedly
overworking
Laboring beyond healthy limits
- sleep-deprivedLacking adequate rest
- exhaustinglyIn a depleting way
- demandinglyIn an insistent manner
relentlessly · grueling · draining · depleting · unhealthily · imbalanced · overcommitted · self-destructively
polluting
Introducing harmful contaminants
- chemicallyVia substance interactions
- toxicallyIn a poisonous manner
- destructivelyIn a damaging manner
degradingly · harmfully · damagingly · irresponsibly · recklessly
unsustainablysustainably
In an enduring manner
renewably · indefinitely · durably · viably · perpetually
unsustainablyenvironmentally friendly
Not harmful to ecosystems
greenly · responsibly · regeneratively · cleanly · ethically
unsustainablymoderately
To a limited degree
temperately · reasonably · prudently · sparingly · conservatively