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What does greedy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word greedy? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  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.
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Human nature is greedy, devious and sleazy, and most salacious tabloid stories are merely reflecting that fact.
The blackcurrant bush is alive with the wings and chirps of greedy blackbirds gorging themselves.
Hm, so you're saying that people are greedy and will do horrible things to advance their own wealth and power?
Not, as your dear little daughter there seems to think, because I am greedy, but because I am always punctual, in justice to the cook.
Professionals seemed as greedy and acquisitive as any other group of workers.
And that is why I find it a bit rich, if you excuse the pun, of Mark McCormack to claim that golfers are too greedy.

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