unsatisfiable

Examples

• All

• During the debate, the speaker argued that certain needs are unsatisfiable and cannot be fulfilled by any policies.

• It's it is an unsatisfiable black hole of a problem.

  Triggernometry

• Those with insight know that human desire is "inherently unsatisfiable" and that political life will always be distorted by power and oppression.

  Academic text (1998)

• The game is constructed so that only a minority of the people can be happy, which leads to a phenomenon analogous to frustration—some desires are necessarily unsatisfiable.

  Academic text (2005)

• Some problems in mathematics are considered unsatisfiable because there is no solution that can meet all conditions.

• Many philosophers believe that human desires are inherently unsatisfiable and lead to perpetual dissatisfaction.

Synonyms

U

unattainable

vsunsatisfiable

18 6.3

Not possible to get or reach

focuses on unmet needs or desires rather than physical reachability

U

unsolvable

vsunsatisfiable

8 5.3

Not possible to find an answer

concerns needs or wants that cannot be met rather than problem solving

U

unobtainable

vsunsatisfiable

7 6.1

Impossible to get

means impossible to satisfy needs, not merely hard to get

U

unfeasible

vsunsatisfiable

4 6.8

Not possible to do or make work

speaks to impracticability rather than emotional or need satisfaction

U

unachievable

vsunsatisfiable

3 6.3

Not possible to do or reach

concerns inability to be satisfied rather than failure to reach goals

U

unresolvable

vsunsatisfiable

1 8.2

Not able to be solved or settled

relates to settlement or solution rather than meeting desires

U

unfulfillable

vsunsatisfiable

1 8.7

Impossible to do or make happen

refers specifically to being impossible to satisfy emotionally or practically

U

unfillable

vsunsatisfiable

1 6.2

Not able to be made whole or replaced

focuses on inability to be satisfied rather than only physical filling

I

insatiate

vsunsatisfiable

• Literature

1 9.9

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

describes inability to be satisfied without implying personality trait

U

unrealizable

vsunsatisfiable

• US

1 8.5

Impossible to do or make real

focuses on inability to satisfy wants rather than to create outcomes

U

unpleasable

vsunsatisfiable

7.9

Impossible to satisfy no matter what others do

means more generally impossible to satisfy or meet needs

U

unappeasable

vsunsatisfiable

8.4

Impossible to calm or satisfy

is broader, meaning cannot be satisfied in feeling or result

U

unsatiable

vsunsatisfiable

9.9

Always wanting more and never feeling content

is about being impossible to satisfy rather than constant desire

U

unprocurable

vsunsatisfiable

9.9

Not possible to find or buy

is about inability to satisfy needs rather than inability to obtain items

U

unsoluble

vsunsatisfiable

9.4

Not able to be fixed or changed

focuses on problem resolution, while key concerns satisfying needs

Antonyms

S

satisfiable

• Specialized

1 7.7

Able to be made true, for example a logical formula

How Satisfiable

satisfiable

• Specialized

1 7.7

unsatisfiable

1 7.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology