greedy

avide, cupide

Qui veut plus d’argent, de nourriture ou de biens que nécessaire, surtout sans les partager.

En anglais simple : Wanting more money, food, or possessions than you need, especially without sharing.

• Don’t be greedy; leave some cake.
• The greedy landlord raised everyone’s rent.
• He grew greedy for power.

Comment l'utiliser : greedy for something (The boss was greedy for more money.)

Synonymes : selfish, avaricious

Contraires : generous

Expressions courantes : greedy person, greedy for money, greedy eyes, greedy for power

gourmand

Qui cherche à inclure le plus de caractères possible lors de la recherche d’un motif dans un texte.

En anglais simple : Trying to include as much text as possible when searching for a matching pattern.

• This pattern uses a greedy quantifier.
• The greedy match includes both quoted phrases.
• Is the expression greedy by default?

Contraires : non-greedy

Expressions courantes : greedy match, greedy quantifier, greedy expression