Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
parasitic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a
parasite ;parasitic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or caused by parasites
- adjective of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
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Examples
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(Paradoxically, the Jews also were accused of being Communists and followers of Rosa Luxemburg, while at the same time called parasitical capitalists.)
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The dodder is what is called a parasitical plant; that is, a plant that lives entirely on another.
Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. Caroline Hadley
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(George would later apologize for his use of the term "parasitical".)
Jesuit: Obama is "the most effective spokesperson" for "the spirit of Vatican II" 2009
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It will require the latest techniques in medical science to separate Lakshmi from her "parasitical", headless, undeveloped "twin", which is joined to her body at the pelvis.
Twin Girl with Eight Limbs to Have Surgery | Impact Lab 2007
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Most of the great monuments of ancient Rome were adapted in the middle Ages for re-use in some "parasitical" way related to their basic form and system.
Chicken Wing 2007
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Most of the great monuments of ancient Rome were adapted in the middle Ages for re-use in some "parasitical" way related to their basic form and system.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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UPDATE: Scott and Bud have more thoughts on how "parasitical" the litblogosphere can be.
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Even traditional patrols were flown now over uninhabited areas, to allow the current agitation about the "parasitical" Weyr to die down.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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Page 103 they have been humorously styled "parasitical," as being hangers-on or dependents.
The Confederate First Reader: Containing Selections in Prose and Poetry as Reading Exercises for the Younger Children in the Schools and Families of the Confederate States. Richard McAllister 1864
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Wall Street is wrongly deemed "parasitical," he says.
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