satisfiable
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a word derived from
satisfy.
satisfyverb (used with object)to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to.
Example Sentences
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There’s not a way for me to land at a known because I’m living in a world that’s informed by so many things that are not satisfiable to me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
VR products are not satisfiable at this point.
From The Verge ● Jan. 10, 2016
Without the mathematical jargon, the point is that it’s not always easy or even possible to determine whether some large collection of statements is universally valid or whether it’s even satisfiable.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2015
Said the hawks: The grievances are not satisfiable.
From Time Magazine Archive
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With the understanding of a sphere of atoms, however, we perceive, at once, a satisfiable tendency to union.
From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Edgar A. Poe