Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nongreedy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-greedy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"In modern versions of Perl, you can force nongreedy, minimal matching by placing a question mark after any quantifier."

Etymology

From non- + greedy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Inflected Forms

non-greedy (alternative)

Questions

What does nongreedy mean?: Not greedy.
Where does nongreedy come from?: From non- + greedy.

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