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insatiable

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in·sa·tia·ble  (n-ssh-bl, -sh--)
adj.
Impossible to satiate or satisfy: an insatiable appetite; an insatiable hunger for knowledge.

[Middle English insaciable, from Old French, from Latin nsatibilis : in-, not; see in-1 + satire, to fill; see satiate.]

in·satia·bili·ty, in·satia·ble·ness n.
in·satia·bly adv.

insatiable [in-saysh-a-bl]
Adjective
impossible to satisfy
insatiability n
insatiably adv
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Adj.1.insatiableinsatiable - impossible to satisfy; "an insatiate appetite"; "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore"; "his passion for work was unsatiable"

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insatiable [ɪnˈseɪʃəbl] adjinsaciable

insatiable [ɪnˈseɪʃəbl] adjinsatiable

insatiable [ɪnˈseɪʃəbl] adjunersättlich

insatiable [ɪnˈseɪʃəbl] adjinsaziabile

insatiable
adj insatiable [inˈseiʃəbl]
not able to be satisfied an insatiable desire for adventure. onversadigbare لا يَشْبَع من، نَهِم ненаситен neukojitelný umættelig unersättlich ακόρεστος insaciable rahuldamatu سیری ناپذیر kyltymätön insatiable שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ שׂוֹבַע जो तृप्तन हो nezasitan kielégíthetetlen tak terpuaskan óseðjandi insaziabile 飽くことのない 만족할 줄 모르는 nepasotinamas nesātīgs; negausīgs; neremdināms tidak pernah puas onverzadigbaar umettelig nienasycony insaciável de nepotolit ненасытный nenásytný nenasiten nezasit omättlig, osläcklig ซึ่งไม่รู้จักพอ doymaz, doymak bilmez 不能滿足的,貪得無厭的 ненаситний, жадібний ناقابل تشفی không thể thoả mãn 不能,
adv inˈsatiably
onversadigbaar بِنَهَم، بصورة لا تَشْبَع ненаситно nenasytně umætteligt unersättlich ακόρεστα insaciablemente rahuldamatult بطور سیر نشدنی kyltymättömästi insatiablement לְלא שוֹבַע अनवेक्षणीयता nezasitno kielégíthetetlenül tidak puas á óseðjandi hátt, græðgislega insaziabilmente 飽くことなく 만족할 줄 모르고 nepasotinamai nesātīgi; negausīgi; neremdināmi dengan tidak puas onverzadigbaar umettelig chciwie insaciavelmente lacom ненасытно nenásytne nenasitno nezasito omättligt อย่างไม่รู้จักพอ doymazcasına 不能滿足地 ненаситно, жадібно بغیر تشفی một cách không thể thoả mãn 不能
n inˈsatiableness
onversadigbaarheid نَهَم، عَدَم شَبَع ненаситност nenasytnost umættelighed die Unersättlichkeit απληστία insaciabilidad rahuldamatus سیری ناپذیری kyltymättömyys insatiabilité רַעֲבתָנוּת अनवेक्षणीय nezasitnost kielégíthetetlenség sifat tak terpuaskan óseðjanleiki insaziabilità むやみに 불만족 nepasotinamumas nesātība; negausība ketidakpuasan onverzadigbaarheid umettelighet nienasycenie insaciabilidade lăcomie ненасытность nenásytnosť nenasitnost nezasitost omättlighet ความไม่รู้จักพอ doymazlık, açgözlülük 不能滿足 ненаситність, жадібність فقدان تسکین tính tham lam vô độ 不能


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He belongs to the great array of the unknown - who are great, indeed, by the sum total of the devoted effort put out, and the colossal scale of success attained by their insatiable and steadfast ambition.
Whether the insatiable curiosity of this good woman had carried her on to that business, or whether she did it to confirm herself in the good graces of Mrs Blifil, who, notwithstanding her outward behaviour to the foundling, frequently abused the infant in private, and her brother too, for his fondness to it, I will not determine; but she had now, as she conceived, fully detected the father of the foundling.
Very early in my life, possibly because of the insatiable curiosity that was born in me, I came to dislike the performances of trained animals.
 
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