Midas’s undoing Crossword Clue

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Midas’s undoing Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
2. excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

UNDOING (noun)
1. loosening the ties that fasten something
2. an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)
MIDAS (noun)
1. (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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