self-sustaining
adjective/ˌself səˈsteɪnɪŋ/
/ˌself səˈsteɪnɪŋ/
- able to continue in a healthy or successful state without help from anyone or anything else
- The solar panel project will help local communities become self-sustaining.
- The goal is to establish a self-sustaining population of wild fish in the river.
- a self-sustaining colony/civilization/habitat
- If we charged our customers less, the business would no longer be self-sustaining.
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