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as in insatiable
incapable of being satisfied
it turned out that the public's appetite for sadistic horror movies was not unappeasable after all
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as in relentless
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
warned that the nation was dealing with an unappeasable enemy
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Recent Examples of unappeasable
But sometimes people are unpleasable and unappeasable.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
This lesson may finally hit home on Friday, when the big-hearted Sun in your foundational fourth house clashes with unappeasable Saturn in your relationship realm.
—The Astrotwins, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
In 2022, his compulsion to sing and pick his guitar and ramble the roads is undiminished and, evidently, unappeasable.
—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
Such leaders are unappeasable because their goals can never be reached.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
Activists will decry the shift as hippie-punching aimed at mollifying an unappeasable hard right, while moderates will blame the activists for continuing to tar the party's image with unpopular radical stances.
—Noah Millman, The Week, 25 June 2021
But ultimately what stands between him and any large achievement is his deeply rooted, unappeasable need to look longingly backward, an impulse that goes beyond nostalgia.
—Robert Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
This lesson may finally hit home on Friday, when the big-hearted Sun in your foundational fourth house clashes with unappeasable Saturn in your relationship realm.
—The Astrotwins, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
In 2022, his compulsion to sing and pick his guitar and ramble the roads is undiminished and, evidently, unappeasable.
—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
Such leaders are unappeasable because their goals can never be reached.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
Activists will decry the shift as hippie-punching aimed at mollifying an unappeasable hard right, while moderates will blame the activists for continuing to tar the party's image with unpopular radical stances.
—Noah Millman, The Week, 25 June 2021
But ultimately what stands between him and any large achievement is his deeply rooted, unappeasable need to look longingly backward, an impulse that goes beyond nostalgia.
—Robert Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappeasable
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Fred Hicks, assistant vice president and chief information officer at Adelphi University, said the companies are adding the extra charges to help pay for multi-billion-dollar data centers and their insatiable appetite for energy.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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In the movie, a masked man with an insatiable thirst for murder stalks babysitters on Halloween night.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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This new age will be one of relentless improvement.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Jeenah Moon | Reuters Global markets may be due for a reality check after this year’s relentless rally, as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on Tuesday cautioned investors to brace for a drawdown over the next two years.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Sterling Glass had many health problems as a child—swollen feet, night sweats, nausea and vomiting, unquenchable thirst, and fatigue that often left him too exhausted to go to school.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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This cardinal fire sign isn’t afraid to live life to the fullest, often with an unquenchable thirst for a challenge.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 2025
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Now, Alesta is determined to destroy the beast that took her friend from her by traveling to Hell.—
Brittany Johnson,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Hezbollah remains determined to maintain control over Lebanon and suppress other communities.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Singing this material with players who improvise — solos changing, every version being a little different — taught me about that urgent live-ensemble space where everyone’s living and dying by the next player onstage.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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This urgent political thriller about Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh opened the 2025 Venice International Film Festival before moving on to Telluride, Toronto, New York and London.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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With its sadistic violence, taboo sexuality, and grim depiction of postwar London, Peeping Tom was a flop that essentially ended the illustrious career of director Michael Powell, falling into obscurity until Martin Scorsese rescued it and rehabilitated its reputation with a 1979 rerelease.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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In that sense, however, Farrell’s naturally grim demeanor fits right in.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her obituary stated that Halbach was also a volleyball coach and an avid traveler.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Not only is her pick from the beloved legacy brand a staple in vanities everywhere, but the shade itself has its share of avid fans.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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The system integrates Nokia Federal’s Banshee Flex Radio, a ruggedized 5G private wireless platform that supports persistent and adaptive communications for manned and unmanned systems.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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And here in Washington, there is the persistent disconnect between lawmakers who want to win the fight and families who just want the government to have their backs.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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