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power-hungry

power-hungry adjective: having a strong desire for power.

Adjective

power-hungry (comparative more power-hungry, superlative most power-hungry)

  1. (idiomatic) Having a strong desire for power.
    • The accused politician was a power-hungry man who broke the law so he could help his buddies.
  2. Of a device, using or requiring a large amount of electrical power.
    • The latest model is also the most power-hungry in the lineup.
    • Could we eventually see Class 800/802 trains exchanging their diesel engines for Fast Charge battery technology and 'opportunity charging', at each station stop on their long journey west? We're a long way from that being a possibility for heavy, power-hungry inter-city trains, but the Greenford...2023 August 23, Ben Jones, “A Fast Charge to DMUs' demise?”, in RAIL, number 990, page 33

power-hungry meaning in Tagalog

power-hungry in Tagalog

having a strong desire for power
gutom sa kapangyarihan

Synonyms of power-hungry

Forms of power-hungry

comparativemore power-hungry
superlativemost power-hungry

Questions about power-hungry

What does power-hungry mean?
Power-hungry means having a strong desire for power.
What is power-hungry in Tagalog?
Power-hungry in Tagalog is gutom sa kapangyarihan. See Power-hungry meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is power-hungry?
Power-hungry is an adjective.

Words near power-hungry in the dictionary

  1. power-cycling
  2. power-down
  3. power-dressed
  4. power-egg
  5. power-eggs
  6. power-hungry
  7. power-intensive
  8. power-level
  9. power-leveled
  10. power-leveling
  11. power-levelled

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