Explore Greed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like desire or avarice. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Greed meaning
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
Synonyms of Greed
Using Greed
- The main meaning on this page is: A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
- Useful related words include: desire, avarice, covetousness, rapacity.
- In the example corpus, greed often appears in combinations such as: greed and, of greed, corporate greed.
Context around Greed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 5 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Greed
- In this selection, "greed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, corporate, fear, extreme, index, struck and incompetence stand out and add context to how "greed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 62 regular greed as a and 89 extreme greed to 62. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "greed" sits close to words such as barbecue, breached and cleanup, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with greed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
According to an explosive new book "Kushner, Inc.: Greed. (9 words)
Yes, greed is evil, but not all money-making is greed. (11 words)
Whatever “greed” Amazon was guilty of was exceeded by the unions’ greed. (12 words)
As mentioned before, Greed struck it out on his own at some point in the past, and when Wrath brings him to Father's lair, Greed is less than willing to join the fold once again. (36 words)
Although Christian believers have made great strides in the equality of the female sex, too much remains to address by their fellow Christmas celebrants, in great part due to one of those deadly sins – greed. (35 words)
And the incredibly obliging duo – Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe – keep doing just that, returning on bended knee with even greater offerings to try and satiate the incredible Glazer greed. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Fear & Greed Index dropped from 89 (extreme greed) to 62 (regular greed) as a result of the decline.
A mish-mash of factors has made African resources so easy to destroy: one, poor political leadership; two, a long history of open borderless, greed, greed, and more greed from the political class.
Nakamura's interpretation of Greed is deep and guttural, giving Greed a (fittingly) cold and menacing voice.
Corporate greed is absolutely not just putting workers in danger, but corporate greed is what is putting the entire country, our communities in danger.
As mentioned before, Greed struck it out on his own at some point in the past, and when Wrath brings him to Father's lair, Greed is less than willing to join the fold once again.
Increasingly and mostly the determinant trends are: stupidity, greed, incompetence, indifference, racism, and more greed.
Whatever “greed” Amazon was guilty of was exceeded by the unions’ greed.
Yes, greed is evil, but not all money-making is greed.
You say that our leaders’ greed is the problem, the spirit of greed probably entered them the first day they assumed office.
For example, the famous "Greed is good" line was based on a speech by Boesky where he said, "Greed is right".
According to an explosive new book "Kushner, Inc.: Greed.
All living organisms have needs but only humans run after our greed.
All Nigerians must be wondering what kind of “values and beliefs” she has apart from opportunism, selfishness and greed.
All that rhetoric about being against anything mutant suddenly flew out the window when it appealed to their greed.
Although Christian believers have made great strides in the equality of the female sex, too much remains to address by their fellow Christmas celebrants, in great part due to one of those deadly sins – greed.
And if it can’t be done because of greed, we are in trouble.
And the incredibly obliging duo – Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe – keep doing just that, returning on bended knee with even greater offerings to try and satiate the incredible Glazer greed.
A Sin Archbishop of the Witch Cult representing Greed, Regulus has the appearance of a human male in his 20s.
A single person who personifies unrepentant greed and how it destroys the fun and good cheer that have always brought Americans together.
As noted, a lower Fear and Greed Index value implies a fearful investing climate, and a higher number can indicate investor optimism.
Common combinations with greed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- greed and 45×
- of greed 24×
- corporate greed 22×
- and greed 21×
- by greed 16×
- greed is 15×
- the greed 14×
- greed of 12×
- greed index 6×
- greed that 6×