unsated

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adjective

Not sated.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

adjectiveunsated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot sated.

    The beauty, in her first season of triumph, listens to the whispers of adulation with sparkling eye and flushing cheek, and a heart yet unsated by their monotony; […]

    1834, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, Mothers and Daughters, page 305
  2. not comparableInsatiable.

    Synonyms: sateless, unsating

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveInsatiable.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot having been satisfied

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsated
  9. Englishunsated

From un- + sated.

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Translations

Finnish tyydyttämätön
  • tyydyttämätönnot sated
German ungesättigt, unsatt
  • ungesättigtnot sated
  • unsattnot sated
Polish nienasycony
  • nienasyconynot sated
Cite this entry
APA

unsated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsated

MLA

“unsated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsated.

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