most nonsustaining

verb (used with object)

to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.

to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).

to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.

to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.

to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation.

to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.

to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.

to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.

to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it: The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.

10.

to confirm or corroborate, as a statement: Further investigation sustained my suspicions.

Origin:
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

Related forms

sus·tain·a·ble, adjective

sus·tain·ed·ly

[suh-stey-nid-lee, -steynd-] , adverb

sus·tain·ing·ly, adverb

sus·tain·ment, noun

non·sus·tained, adjective

non·sus·tain·ing, adjective

pre·sus·tained, adjective

un·sus·tained, adjective

un·sus·tain·ing, adjective

well-sus·tained, adjective

Synonyms
1. carry. See support. 3. bear. 5. maintain.

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sustain (səˈsteɪn)

—vb
1.	to hold up under; withstand: to sustain great provocation
2.	to undergo (an injury, loss, etc); suffer: to sustain a broken arm
3.	to maintain or prolong: to sustain a discussion
4.	to support physically from below
5.	to provide for or give support to, esp by supplying necessities: to sustain one's family; to sustain a charity
6.	to keep up the vitality or courage of
7.	to uphold or affirm the justice or validity of: to sustain a decision
8.	to establish the truth of; confirm

—n
9.	music the prolongation of a note, by playing technique or electronics

[C13: via Old French from Latin sustinēre to hold up, from sub- + tenēre to hold]

sus'tained

—*adj*

sustainedly

—*adv*

sus'taining

—*adj*

sus'tainingly

—*adv*

sus'tainment

—n

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Word Origin & History

sustain

late 13c., from O.Fr. sustenir "hold up, endure," from L. sustinere "hold up, support, endure," from sub "up from below" + tenere "to hold" (see tenet).

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