Acquisitive Definition

ə-kwĭzĭ-tĭv
adjective
Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess.
American Heritage
Eager to acquire; good at getting and holding wealth, etc.; grasping.
Webster's New World
Tending to acquire and retain ideas or information.
An acquisitive mind.
American Heritage

Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.

He is an acquisitive person.
She has an acquisitive nature.
Wiktionary

Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.

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Antonyms:
  • unacquisitive

Acquisitive Sentence Examples

  • From here however, the company became increasingly acquisitive and ambitious.

  • Another luxury deal handled by Cavendish was the sale of jewelry chain Mappin & Webb to the highly acquisitive Icelandic investor Baugur.

  • What are the links between drug use and crime, particularly acquisitive crime?

  • Of income you've lost off acquisitive overtures wound up with.

  • Acquisitive crime (particularly shoplifting, burglary and fraud) are the primary means of funding drug misuse.

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