as in unquenchable
incapable of being satisfied
an insatiable need for the approval of others
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Recent Examples of insatiable
Republicans argued the rating was no more than an indication that Moody’s was confident that no matter how much the state spent, its Democratic leadership would always be willing to raise taxes to satisfy their insatiable appetite for additional revenue.
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Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
This gem detailing the ancient underground aqueducts of Rome gives both a visual and historical account of man’s insatiable appetite to overcome nature and create astonishing engineering marvels to uplift the human condition.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Think: the relief of feeding your hungry skin five glasses of water after weeks of insatiable dehydration.
—Essence, 16 May 2025
Laura, who lost her daughter Cathy months prior, is already looking after a young foster child named Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips), a strange, selectively mute boy who has an insatiable appetite and a blood feud with the family cat.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025
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Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
This gem detailing the ancient underground aqueducts of Rome gives both a visual and historical account of man’s insatiable appetite to overcome nature and create astonishing engineering marvels to uplift the human condition.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Think: the relief of feeding your hungry skin five glasses of water after weeks of insatiable dehydration.
—Essence, 16 May 2025
Laura, who lost her daughter Cathy months prior, is already looking after a young foster child named Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips), a strange, selectively mute boy who has an insatiable appetite and a blood feud with the family cat.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insatiable
Adjective
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One way to understand that unquenchable mentality is that he’s proven virtually immune even to complacency.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2025
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Stitch’s unquenchable taste for madness was mirrored by the fervor of the animation; here the film stops its own momentum too often to check in again on the real-world implications of everything that’s at stake.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Arsenal’s reticence to spend on development players is understandable — particularly in the case of last January, when there was also an urgent need for a first-team centre-forward.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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The appeals court said there is no urgent need for DOGE to access Social Security records in the interim.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Xu is an avid Gold State Warriors basketball fan but has a soft spot for the Chicago Bulls, having spent many years in Illinois.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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An avid cyclist and mountaineer, Williams has summited six of the seven highest peaks on Earth, including Mt. Everest.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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“Insatiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insatiable. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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