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US
/ˌɑpɝˌtuˈnɪstɪk/
]
[ UK /ɒpətjuːnˈɪstɪk/ ]
[ UK /ɒpətjuːnˈɪstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
How To Use opportunistic In A Sentence
- That said, this bid is opportunistic. Times, Sunday Times
- His willingness to shift his message allowed his rivals to ridicule him as an opportunistic flip-flopper. Times, Sunday Times
- Unlike the stereotype of salmon returning unerringly to their natal streams, salmon are innately resilient and opportunistic.
- All that was needed was a sustained opportunistic exploitation and minimal encouragement of what were still rather unimportant plant food sources.
- And yet opportunistic investors may regard the valuation gulf between it and stodgier banks as excessively wide. Times, Sunday Times
- The third strategy involves intermediate-sized males behaving opportunistically: they call from potential egg-laying sites but do not defend territories.
- He looks opportunistic and indecisive. Times, Sunday Times
- Results of numerical analysis indicate that the opportunistic network coding cooperation is with better performance than traditional user cooperation and noncooperation approach.
- He looks opportunistic and indecisive. Times, Sunday Times
- The majority of species are opportunistic, preying upon anything they can overpower that comes within striking distance.