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UNSATIABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsatiable mean?
• UNSATIABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNSATIABLE has 1 sense:
1. impossible to satisfy
Familiarity information: UNSATIABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Impossible to satisfy
Synonyms:
insatiable; insatiate; unsatiable
Context example:
his passion for work was unsatiable
Similar:
quenchless; unquenchable (impossible to quench)
unsated; unsatiated; unsatisfied (not having been satisfied)
unsatisfiable (not capable of being satisfied)
Context examples
He was a blessing to all the juvenile part of the neighbourhood, for in summer he was for ever forming parties to eat cold ham and chicken out of doors, and in winter his private balls were numerous enough for any young lady who was not suffering under the unsatiable appetite of fifteen.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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