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He was unsympathetic with many house sellers, complaining that they were motivated by greed.
Meaning of greed in English
greed | American Dictionary
greedy
adjective us
/ˈɡrid·i/
He was greedy for power.
Examples of greed
greed
Together they formed the impetus for greed and corruption, not democratic cohesion.
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For such a thought, like prayer, is easily contaminated by greed, obsessions, fears and self-destructive impulses.
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First, if greed for office motivated the choice of a nominating strategy, then overnomination should have been general among the parties.
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Fear, greed, ambition or ignorance prevented other observers at court from making such a record.
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And then there is greed, which can be camouflaged under reasons that seem to be acceptable justifications.
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Against a background of corporate greed and malfeasance, a renewed focus on transparency and accountability is or seems to be permeating the business world.
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Revivalists thought the church bureaucracy was simply an excuse for elders' greed.
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The cunning speculator who places bets on the victims' greed or gullibility has consequently received more attention than perhaps more exculpable, less glamorous, moral vacillators.
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There wasn't much hubris and fear and greed in his theories.
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And it hasn't just been domination and greed all the way.
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The primary focus on profit maximization, however, overlooks many nonprofit objectives involved in resource allocation and social preferences beyond greed.
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The offer of a bounty preying on human greed brings in its wake its own dangers.
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In their selfabsorption they have convinced themselves that ' greed is acceptable if it includes a cognate self-actualizing component ' (p. 24).
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Despite her warnings he destroyed out of greed a tube that was dripping oil.
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However, that will not happen, because the country is driven by capitalist greed, which in turn billows out war and violence.
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強欲, 貪（どん）欲, 貪欲（どんよく）…
aç gözlülük, tamahkârlık, hırs…
avidité [feminine], gourmandise [feminine], avidité…
avarícia, golafreria…
gulzigheid, gierigheid…
جَشَع…
nenasytnost, lačnost…
grådighed…
kerakusan…
ความโลภ…
sự tham lam…
chciwość, łakomstwo, zachłanność…
gelojoh…
die Gier, der Geiz…
grådighet [masculine], glupskhet [masculine], storspisthet [masculine]…
탐욕, 식탐…
жадібність…
ingordigia, avidità, golosità…
жадность…
