Usage examples (35)

• Glass, which isn't corrodible or stainable, is more resilient than granite -- though they both contain high levels of the mineral silica and can chip.
• Interest rates demanded by buyers of its 10-year bonds are now above 7%, a level most analysts feel is unsu-stainable.
• South Africans. it is these aims which, if implemented, will see us restore our country on a path to vigourous and stainable growth.
• Stainless steel proved, well, stainable and earned a poor rating because it discolored severely from application of some common materials; wood also stained badly.