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   op·por·tun·is·tic

   /ˌäpərto͞oˈnistik/

   adjective

   • 1. exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle: "the change was cynical and opportunistic"
   • ▪ (of a plant or animal) able to spread quickly in a previously unexploited habitat: "opportunistic populations colonizing new substrates"
   • ▪ (of a microorganism or an infection caused by it) rarely affecting patients except in unusual circumstances, typically when the immune system is depressed.

   Derivatives

   • 1. opportunistically adverb

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