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self-sustaining

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self-sus·tain·ing (slfs-stnng)
adj.
Able to sustain oneself or itself independently.

self-sus·taining·ly adv.
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Adj.1.self-sustaining - able to provide for your own needs without help from others; "a self-sufficing economic unit"
independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"


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Early 13th-century northern Thai kingdoms were actually scattered city-states with limited human, military and economic resources Usually located in fertile, naturally-protected surroundings, self-sustaining in terms of food, fuel, building materials and cloth, and separated by dense jungle, they were individually powerless to defy Khmer suzerainty Early 13th-century northern Thai kingdoms were actually scattered city-states with limited human, military and economic resources.
The requirement that the Trust be financially self-sustaining is impossible to achieve and along with other dysfunctional elements of the act should be removed or modified.
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