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self-sustaining definition

self·-sustaining (-sə stān′iŋ)

adjective

  1. supporting or able to support oneself or itself
  2. able to continue once begun

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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