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Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?
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Thorsten Jolitz |
Subject: |
Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group? |
Date: |
Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:39:13 +0200 |
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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> But it still seems valid to protect against greedyness?
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> AKA greed,
I just made it up, but funny enough - it does actually exist (with
slightly different spelling)!
>From http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/greediness:
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| greediness (ˈɡriːdɪnɪs)
|
| Definitions
|
| noun
|
| 1. the quality of being greedy
|
| greedy (ˈɡriːdɪ Pronunciation for greedy )
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| Definitions
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| adjective
|
| Word forms: greedier, greediest
|
| 1. excessively desirous of food or wealth, esp in large amounts;
| voracious
| 2. (postpositive) foll by for eager (for) ⇒ `a man greedy for
| success'
|
| Derived Forms
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| ˈgreedily adverb
| ˈgreediness noun
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| Word Origin
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| Old English grǣdig; related to Old Norse grāthugr, Gothic grēdags
| hungry, Old High German grātac
|
| Example Sentences Including 'greediness'
|
| At times his greediness got the better of him but he never let
| his enthusiasm go off the boil.
|
| Sun, News of the World (2004)
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| Broilers consume lots more feed-there's a good chance that
| greediness has been inadvertently selected for.
|
| New Scientist (1998)
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| Mr Carman asked him if he had a `streak of greediness " in him
| for money, expensive cars and Rolex watches.
|
| Sun, News of the World (1999)
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| Thus individuals who do experience strong pulls of greediness
| often go to desperate measures to hide their behaviour.
|
| Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind
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cheers,
Thorsten
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