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greedy

adjective
  1. Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity: acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, grasping, hungry. Informal: grabby. See desire, give
  2. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume: edacious, gluttonous, hoggish, piggish, ravenous, voracious. See desire, ingestion
  3. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit: avid, edacious, gluttonous, omnivorous, rapacious, ravenous, unappeasable, voracious. See desire

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