"unquenchable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unquenchable [comparative], most unquenchable [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + quenchable. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|quenchable}} un- + quenchable Head templates: {{en-adj}} unquenchable (comparative more unquenchable, superlative most unquenchable)
  1. That cannot be quenched. Translations (that cannot be quenched): ἄσβεστος (ásbestos) (Ancient Greek), неутолим (neutolim) (Bulgarian), onlesbaar (Dutch), sammumaton (Finnish), inextinguible (French), unlöschbar (German), unstillbar (German), olthatatlan (Hungarian), csillapíthatatlan (Hungarian), nieugaszony (Polish)
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