insatiable
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ʃə adjective
not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
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insatiable or insatiate (ɪnˈseɪʃəbəl, -ʃɪə-, ɪnˈseɪʃɪɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| not able to be satisfied or satiated; greedy or unappeasable | |
| insatiate or insatiate | |
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| insatia'bility or insatiate | |
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| in'satiableness or insatiate | |
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| in'satiateness or insatiate | |
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| in'satiably or insatiate | |
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| in'satiately or insatiate | |
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Insatiable
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
insatiable
c.1420, from L.L. insatiabilis, from in- "not" + satiabilis (see satiate (v.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Both realized they shared an insatiable desire to win and discovered they had more in common than they thought.
Addiction is an insatiable drive to use a drug because of the pleasure it affords and the side effects of craving that pleasure.
Unrestrained, rewarded greed is insatiable, incapable of self control.
He had a profound and solemn respect for writing and an almost insatiable, childlike curiosity about nearly everything.
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