Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or showing a strong or excessive desire to acquire money or possess things, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves.
- adjective Having or showing a desire to eat or drink in large or excessive amounts.
- adjective Extremely eager or desirous for an activity or pursuit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having an inordinate desire for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry.
- Synonyms Insatiate, insatiable, rapacious, gluttonous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of.
- adjective Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
greed ; consumed byselfish desires. - adjective Prone to
overeat . - adjective computing Tending to match as much text as possible.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
- adjective wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
- adjective immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I should suggest that it means not merely "_recipient_, capable of receiving," but, to coin a word, _captatious_, eager or greedy to receive, absorbing; as we say _avidum mare_, or a _greedy gulf_.
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Nick Robinson: "I think the word greedy was shouted out"
BBC News - Home 2011
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He's been very, very tough on what he calls the greedy, the CEOs that are making hundreds of millions dollars a year.
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The continent's two biggest economies want the rest of the developed world to join them in cracking down on what they call greedy bankers.
Marketplace 2009
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Politicians laud new policy as “reining in greedy corporations” – People BELIEVE it (!?) 6.
Wonk Room » Why Wal-Mart Is Now Supporting An Employer Mandate 2009
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When teachers are called greedy and the jobless are called lazy.
Brent Budowsky: Occupy Wall Street: The Thomas Paines of our Time Brent Budowsky 2011
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Paul: The allegation that Jews are greedy is based on perceptions of cultural values that some believe Jews to possess.
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The allegation that Jews are greedy is based on perceptions of cultural values that some believe Jews to possess.
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Being short-term greedy, betting the farm, and destroying your firm, it turns out, wasn't against the law.
Danny Schechter: See No Evil: Movies, Inquiry Avoid Exposing Fraud While Banksters Go Free 2010
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I know when I was a salesperson, I could take advantage of those who were ignorant of the way we on Wall Street work if I wanted to be short-term greedy.
Jim Cramer's Real Money James J. Cramer 2005
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