adjective🔗ShareHaving greed; consumed by selfish desires."The student was greedy for extra credit, trying to get every possible assignment extension. "characterattitudemoralnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareProne to overeat."The little boy was greedy and ate all the cookies before his sister even got a chance. "characterhumanfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareTending to match as much text as possible."This regular expression performs a greedy match."computingtechnologytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage."The greedy algorithm used to schedule student projects ensured each task was completed efficiently, but sometimes missed the overall best project completion time. "computingtechnologylogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
