Meaning & use

Insatiate

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Never satisfied; incapable of being appeased or fulfilled, especially regarding a desire or appetite.

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His insatiate ambition drove him to take on project after project.

The novel's villain is consumed by an insatiate thirst for power.

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A literary near-synonym of "insatiable," used more often in poetic or formal writing than in everyday speech.

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