Betekenis van:
greed

greed
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

    Hyperoniemen

    Hyponiemen

    greed
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

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      Voorbeeldzinnen

      1. Greed is good.
      2. His greed brought him low.
      3. Greed is not always good.
      4. I was overtaken by greed.
      5. His honor was corroded by greed.
      6. His greed for power knows no bounds.
      7. He let his greed get the better of him.
      8. Human greed is threatening the existence of many species.
      9. Greed seems to have blinded his good judgement.
      10. The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
      11. Greed keeps men forever poor, even the abundance of this world will not make them rich.
      12. Although he had many toys, his greed made him want more.
      13. He's not beaten by the rain, he's not beaten by the wind, neither the snow nor the heat of the summer will beat him, his body is robust, without greed, he never angers, but is always serenely smiling.