Opportunistic

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  • adjective. Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.
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  • adjective. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; practising opportunism.
  • adjective. Causing disease only when the immune system of the host has been weakened, or other damage to the host provides special opportunity for invasion; -- of microorganisms or infectious diseases.
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  • adjective. taking advantage of situations that arise
  • adjective. said of people who will take advantage of situations to advance their own interests, without regard for principles
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  • adjective. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
    • Word Usage
    "She said her client was ashamed of the act, which he described as "opportunistic.""
    Equivalent
    expedient  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hellenistic  Mechanistic  altruistic  anachronistic  antagonistic  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aberrant  altruistic  ambivalent  amoral  antisocial  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    opportunist  timeserving  
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