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What is the adjective for greeds?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb gree which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

greedy
  1. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
  2. Prone to overeat.
  3. (regular expression) Tending to match as much text as possible.
  4. (computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Karl's pet dog is really greedy and is constantly on the lookout for food.”
      “Boesky was a greedy magnate, a living archetype of the rampant materialism so prevalent during his time.”
      “He's greedy for new challenges that will really engage him.”
greedsome
  1. Characterised or marked by greed; avaricious
  2. Examples:
    1. “This is not to say that the larch are gluttons, greedsome water scavengers totally out of control.”
greedier
  1. comparative form of greedy: more greedy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “We have seen too much of plcs, breakaway leagues, and the top level becoming greedier, to the detriment of the rest.”
      “Now the taxman has grown greedier, approaching tour operators and hoteliers for tens or even hundreds of thousands of rupees.”
      “Since 2000, Mr Kynaston believes that it is greedier than ever, and that it has become a beast that ought to be tamed.”
greediest
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