unquenched

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un- +‎ quenched

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unquenched (not comparable)

  1. Not quenched.
    • 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 20:
      Hence they are eloquent, not of the present, disintegrating society and psyche, but of the unquenched source through which society is reborn.
    • 2009 January 6, Jonathan Abrams, “For Oklahoma City Thunder, Wins Don't Come, but Fans Do”, in New York Times[1]:
      Oklahoma City's 1.2 million people had no professional sports team and the unquenched willingness to support one.

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