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unsatiable

unsatiable

9.9
Always wanting more and never feeling content
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈseɪʃəbl/
translation icon : insaciable
  • He has an unsatiable thirst for knowledge that leads him to read every book he can find.

Examples

  • Her unsatiable appetite for success drove her to work late every night.

  • He has an unsatiable thirst for knowledge.

  • He felt an unsatiable curiosity about the mysteries of the universe.

  • Her ambition was unsatiable, driving her to seek ever greater challenges.

  • The crowd's unsatiable desire for entertainment kept the performers on stage late into the night.

  • Her ambition was unsatiable, driving her to seek ever greater challenges.

  • The crowd's unsatiable desire for entertainment kept the performers on stage late into the night.

Synonyms

insatiable
vsunsatiable
39 7.5

Always wanting more and never feeling satisfied

is the rare form meaning the same always wanting more
unquenchable
vsunsatiable
7 7.4

A strong want or need no one can satisfy

focuses on constant wanting rather than being about quenching
insatiate
vsunsatiable
  • Literature
1 9.9

A person or feeling that always wants more and is never pleased

focuses on always wanting more rather than general never satisfied
unassuageable
vsunsatiable
1 9.9

Impossible to calm or satisfy

is about always wanting more rather than needing relief
unsatisfiable
vsunsatiable
1 7.9

Not possible to meet a demand or to solve a problem

is the rare wanting form used for desire rather than impossibility
quenchless
vsunsatiable
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Too strong to be satisfied like thirst or curiosity

is the everyday rare wanting sense not mainly literary
unfulfillable
vsunsatiable
1 8.7

Impossible to do or make happen

applies to wanting more rather than tasks or promises
unfillable
vsunsatiable
1 6.2

Not able to be made whole or replaced

is about constant desire rather than literal filling or space
unappeasable
vsunsatiable
8.4

Impossible to calm or satisfy

refers to wanting more rather than being resistant to calming
unpleasable
vsunsatiable
7.9

Impossible to satisfy no matter what others do

expresses constant wanting rather than inability to be pleased
unslakable
vsunsatiable
9.1

Too strong to satisfy, stop, or put out

covers always wanting more rather than physical burning or thirst

Antonyms

7.4

A need, desire, or appetite that can be fully met

How Satisfied

fulfilled
3.2
content
87 1.0
satisfied
38 1.0
dissatisfied
44 3.2
unsatiable
9.9

Surface Forms

unsatiable positive

Morphology

unsatiable = satiable (transparent) = un + sate + able

The negative prefix 'un-' straightforwardly negates the adjective 'satiable' ('able to be sated'), yielding 'not able to be satisfied'; meaning is directly inferable from the parts despite 'insatiable' being the more common form.

Etymology

The word unsatiable comes from the start un- meaning 'not' and the root satis meaning 'enough', the same root you see in satisfy. So something unsatiable cannot be made 'enough' and always wants more.