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# greediness

noun (no plural)

«greediness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

wanting far more food or things than you need, and not sharing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greediness/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales greediness is a fault that is punished: God did it to punish him for his greediness

### Examples

- God did it to punish him for his great greediness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greediness/#x1)
- His greediness made him eat all the cakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greediness/#x2)
- Greediness is not a good quality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greediness/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «greediness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greediness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«greediness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/greediness.html) on Mova free.