self-sustained
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Needing no outside support: Describes something that can maintain itself or continue to function independently without requiring external assistance, resources, or input.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
Advanced Usage
- Technical/Scientific Context: Often used to describe systems, processes, or communities that operate independently.
- Economic/Business Context: Describes an entity that is financially independent.
Variants and Related Words
- Self-sustaining (adj): This is a more common variant with the same core meaning of maintaining itself.
- Self-sufficiency (n): The quality or state of being self-sufficient.
Synonyms
- Self-sufficient: Able to supply one's own needs.
- Independent: Not depending on another for authority or support.
- Autonomous: Having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs.
Antonyms
- Dependent: Requiring someone or something for support.
- Reliant: Having dependence on something.
Notes on Meaning
- The term emphasizes internal capability and the absence of a need for external input to continue existing or operating. It often implies a system that has reached a stable state of independence.
Adjective
- needing no outside support