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SELF-SUPPORTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-supporting mean?
• SELF-SUPPORTING (adjective)
The adjective SELF-SUPPORTING has 1 sense:
1. financially independent
Familiarity information: SELF-SUPPORTING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Financially independent
Context example:
now that my children are self-supporting
Similar:
independent (free from external control and constraint)
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