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self-sustained adjective (alsoselfsustained)uk /ˌself.səˈsteɪnd/ us /ˌself.səˈsteɪnd/ A self-sustained organization, group, etc. is able to continue to exist without help from anyone else: The eco-farm is an experiment in self-sustained living. The novel imagines a self-sustained community living on Mars. A self-sustained process is able to continue without help from anyone or anything else once it has started: The country had experienced self-sustained industrial growth for over two decades. A self-sustained thermonuclear reaction is initiated. Because the island is so remote, the inhabitants have had to develop a self-sustained ecosystem. There is a self-sustained army medical team working in the field. The antibodies can replicate themselves, which means they can mount a self-sustained attack on affected tissues. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Preserving and saving aspic co-processing conserve deliverer documentalist documentarily lifeguard reclaim recycled reprieve rescue rescuer reusable rewild sustain sustainedly unadopted unappropriated unassigned undesignated |