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Greedy
Adjective
Definitions
1.
Adjective
Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
2.
Adjective
Prone to overeat.
3.
Adjective
Tending to match as much text as possible.
"This regular expression performs a greedy match."
4.
Adjective
That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage.
5.
Adjective
Greedily sought or pursued.
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