as in insatiable
incapable of being satisfied
an unslakable yearning to explore the far-off corners of the globe
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Recent Examples of unslakable
But for years, the lake was an afterthought in the state’s unslakable thirst for economic growth.
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Evan Bush,
NBC News,
7 Dec. 2022
With so many stuck at home doom-scrolling, there was unslakable need for his brand of musical comedy relief.
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Charles McNultytheater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2022
There’s desire itself, an unslakable thirst.
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E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
1 Feb. 2021
Russia, to which 80% of the country’s booze went, had an unslakable thirst for it.
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The Economist,
28 Mar. 2018
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
7 Dec. 2022
With so many stuck at home doom-scrolling, there was unslakable need for his brand of musical comedy relief.
—
Charles McNultytheater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2022
There’s desire itself, an unslakable thirst.
—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
1 Feb. 2021
Russia, to which 80% of the country’s booze went, had an unslakable thirst for it.
—
The Economist,
28 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unslakable
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The memory-chip maker’s shares have soared about 270% this year amid insatiable demand from data-center developers.
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The company’s third quarter revenue beat expectations by more than 15%, as AI infrastructure demand remains insatiable.
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New Trier soccer star Addy Randall has an unquenchable thirst to compete.
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The thirst for more Summer House drama is unquenchable.
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The cultural conversation happening here is nuanced and urgent and almost entirely invisible to the average visitor.
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The result is documentary filmmaking at its most urgent and compassionate.
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Helping the environment was just one reason that Jeffrey Leandro Diaz’s ex-girlfriend, Cecilia Melgar Bravo, was an avid cyclist.
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As an avid library-goer, the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota and Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago are essential attractions.
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Aside from virtually inextinguishable flames fueled by molten pitch, the payloads likely included toxic ingredients like camphor and arsenic.
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The pride of Odysseus, the passion of Shakespeare’s lovers, and the dread facing Ivan Ilyich on his deathbed remain inextinguishable qualities of our inner lives.
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“Unslakable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unslakable. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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