SELF-SUSTAINING Antonyms

• relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

• a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

• contingent on something else

• held from above and hanging down

• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

• addicted to a drug

• pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

• lacking strength or vigor

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• lacking strength

• lacking in or deprived of strength or power

• unable to function; without help

• unable to manage independently

• needy people collectively

• poor enough to need help from others

• demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

• (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces

• relating to or caused by parasites

• of or pertaining to epenthesis

• of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another

• relying on another for support

• not worthy of reliance or trust

• liable to be erroneous or misleading

• dangerously unstable and unpredictable

• lacking a sense of responsibility

• carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• draw blood