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Opportunistic

//ˌɑ.pɚˌt(j)uːˈnɪs.tɪk// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Taking advantage of situations that arise.

    "The danger now isn't so much from the AIDS virus itself as from opportunistic infections."

  2. 2
    Taking advantage of situations to advance one's own interests without regard for moral principles.

    "You can't trust somebody that opportunistic: he'll stab you in the back the first chance he gets."

Adjective
  1. 1
    taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit wordnet

Etymology

From opportunist + -ic.

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