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The definition of insatiable is an appetite for something that cannot be satisfied.

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An example of insatiable is a dog who cannot ever get enough to eat.
An example of insatiable is a desire for more and more money that never goes away.

See insatiable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

constantly wanting more; that cannot be satisfied or appeased; very greedy

Origin: see in- & satiate

Related Forms:

insatiability noun
insatiably adverb

See insatiable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Impossible to satiate or satisfy: an insatiable appetite; an insatiable hunger for knowledge.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English insaciable

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin īnsatiābilis

Origin: : in-, not; see in-¹

Origin: + satiāre, to fill; see satiate

Related Forms:

in·saˌtia·bilˈi·ty, in·saˈtia·ble·ness noun

in·saˈtia·bly adverb

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