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adj
- Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
- Prone to overeat.
- (computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
- (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.
- (often followed by ‘for’) ardently or excessively desirous
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
adj
- Selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.
- Egotistical.
- Relating to spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on one's own location within the environment (as when giving the direction as "right" rather than "north"); opposed to allocentric.
- concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
noun
noun
- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- a bad-tempered person
- (derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
- A bondman or serf.
- (Theodism) A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.
- A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.
noun
verb
noun
- The improper use of something for selfish purposes.
- The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right.
- The marketing and promotion of a film.
- A genre of media focused on lurid depictions of topical social issues such as violence, sexuality and marginalized groups.
- The act of utilizing something; industry.
- an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
noun
adj
adj
noun
adj
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Having a small margin or degree.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- limited in extent or scope
noun
verb
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted
adj
- Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
- Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
- Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
- Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
- (medicine, rare) Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.
- believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
noun
- smug self-serving earnestness
- anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
- semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
- excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
- An ointment or salve.
- A balm or something that soothes.
- Unctuousness: A smug, exaggerated use of language; smarminess.
- A religious or ceremonial anointing.
- A quality in language, address or delivery which expresses sober and fervent emotion.
- Divine or sanctifying grace.
noun
noun
- A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
verb
adj
- Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others.
- Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
- (biology) Related to or equivalent to a selfish gene; best understood as existing to preserve and replicate itself in competition with other entities at the same level of existence, rather than at the level of the individual or population containing it.
- (video games) Of video game characters: relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters.
- concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
adj
noun
- A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
- (figuratively) One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
- a person hired to fight for another country than their own
adj
- excessively greedy and grasping
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
- (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.
- (also figurative) Voracious; avaricious.
adj
noun
noun
noun
- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- a bad-tempered person
- (derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
- A bondman or serf.
- (Theodism) A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.
- A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.
noun
verb
noun
- The improper use of something for selfish purposes.
- The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right.
- The marketing and promotion of a film.
- A genre of media focused on lurid depictions of topical social issues such as violence, sexuality and marginalized groups.
- The act of utilizing something; industry.
- an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
noun
adj
noun
- smug self-serving earnestness
- anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
- semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
- excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
- An ointment or salve.
- A balm or something that soothes.
- Unctuousness: A smug, exaggerated use of language; smarminess.
- A religious or ceremonial anointing.
- A quality in language, address or delivery which expresses sober and fervent emotion.
- Divine or sanctifying grace.
noun
noun
- A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
verb
noun
adj
- Selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.
- Egotistical.
- Relating to spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on one's own location within the environment (as when giving the direction as "right" rather than "north"); opposed to allocentric.
- concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
noun
noun
verb
adj
- Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
- Prone to overeat.
- (computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
- (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible.
- (often followed by ‘for’) ardently or excessively desirous
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
adj
- Selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.
- Egotistical.
- Relating to spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on one's own location within the environment (as when giving the direction as "right" rather than "north"); opposed to allocentric.
- concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Having a small margin or degree.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- limited in extent or scope
noun
verb
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted
adj
- Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
- Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
- Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
- Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
- (medicine, rare) Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.
- believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
adj
- Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others.
- Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
- (biology) Related to or equivalent to a selfish gene; best understood as existing to preserve and replicate itself in competition with other entities at the same level of existence, rather than at the level of the individual or population containing it.
- (video games) Of video game characters: relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters.
- concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
adj
noun
- A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
- (figuratively) One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
- a person hired to fight for another country than their own
adj
- excessively greedy and grasping
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
- (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.
- (also figurative) Voracious; avaricious.