insatiety

noun

in·​satiety

¦in+

: lack of satiety

especially : unsatisfied desire

clothes they can never hope to own, changes they cannot afford to keep up with—must set up a tremendous store of insatiety in the poor and the modest-income groups

—P. M. Gregory

Word History

Etymology

Middle French insacieté, insatieté, from Latin insatietas, from in- in- entry 1 + satietas satiety

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