too-greedy
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7.3
- adjective
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demasiado codicioso
- You are too greedy, Yuri!
- get too-greedy
- just too-greedy
So if you go you become too greedy, they will outbid you.
- So if you go you become too greedy, they will outbid you.
- He knows that over time he's going to make money, and you shouldn't be too greedy.
Examples
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That old man was too greedy.
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Or does that sound too greedy?
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And you got too big and too greedy.
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But your husband got just a little too greedy.
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You were always too greedy, Louise.
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At what point do they cross from healthy profit margins to being too greedy?
Blog text (23) -
We can't be too greedy and just hold on to everything.
Blog text (11) -
For-profit corporations are simply too greedy.
Blog text (5) -
You're getting too greedy, Ella.
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The investors were too greedy, asking for more profit than the project could realistically deliver.
Synonyms
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1.4
Wanting more food, money, or things than needed
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9.3
Very greedy for money and willing to take things from others
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6.0
Wanting a lot of money, even if it hurts other people
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6.5
Showing a strong desire to get a lot of money, often at others' expense
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9.1
A person who takes more than others, especially food, in a greedy, rude way
Wanting far more than is fair or reasonable
Always wanting more and never feeling content
Being greedy and taking more than your fair share of food or things
Antonyms
How Greedy
- Formal
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9.3
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8.2
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Too-greedy puts too ('more than needed') together with greedy, which comes from 'greed' meaning 'a strong want for more'. So, too-greedy describes someone who wants more than is fair or reasonable.