greedy

About 2.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
2. adjective Prone to overeat.
3. adjective Tending to match as much text as possible.

   This regular expression performs a greedy match.

4. adjective That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
5. adjective Greedily sought or pursued.

Similar words

grasping avaricious covetous avid esurient desirous grabby prehensile acquisitive gluttonous

Often followed by

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Word family

greedier greediest greedily greediness greedinesses