gluttonousadjective
uk/ˈɡlʌt.ən.əs/us/ˈɡlʌt̬.ən.əs/disapprovingeating and drinking more than you need
using more than you need:
She said that industrialized countries should reduce their gluttonous (= greater than is needed) consumption of oil.
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Greedy
- avarice
- consumerism
- eye
- glutton
- gluttony
- gourmand
- greed
- greedy
- greedy guts
- growth-oriented
- hog
- materialism
- materialist
- materialistic
- mercenary
- money-grubbing
- pig
- sb's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomach idiom
- wolfish
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gluttonously
adverb uk/ˈɡlʌt.ən.əs.li/us/ˈɡlʌt̬.ən.əs.li/