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 ort. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
insatiable
c.1420, from L.L. insatiabilis, from in- "not" + satiabilis (see satiate (v.)).
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Example sentences
The residents in turn called it a raid on their land by insatiable city officials, and paraded a few poor old folk.
It is difficult to empathize if you don't understand, have insatiable needs or fear those around you.
These insatiable fish will also prey upon one another.
Both realized they shared an insatiable desire to win and discovered they had more in common than they thought.
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