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sustained
[suh-steynd]
adjective
kept in process or continued over time; continuous.
National budgets need to reflect a sustained commitment to children's positive development, strong families, and caring communities.
(of an injury, cost, etc.) borne, experienced, or suffered.
Homeowner’s insurance is not available to cover sustained losses from a radiological accident.
upheld or confirmed as valid.
Nothing smacks more of courtroom defeat than ending a cross-examination on a sustained objection.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of sustain.
Other Word Forms
- sustainedly adverb
- nonsustained adjective
- presustained adjective
- unsustained adjective
- well-sustained adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sustained1
Example Sentences
The result is a sustained collision between unfettered consumerism, gender-role anxiety and entrenched beliefs about what kinds of love are valid and meaningful.
"To come under sustained attack when you are there to serve and protect all is disheartening to say the least," she added.
it did affect, that we could just see, was it sustained cultural impact.
The United States has also contributed to this effort to a degree with sustained operations against the Houthis in Yemen from March to May this year, including hundreds of airstrikes.
Police said 63 of their officers have been injured over four nights of violence after coming under "sustained attack with heavy masonry and fireworks".
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