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   opportunistic

   /ˌɒpətjuːˈnɪstɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. exploiting immediate opportunities, especially regardless of planning or principle: "an opportunistic political lightweight"
   • ▪ (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) affecting patients only or chiefly when the immune system is depressed.

   Derivatives

   • 1. opportunistically adverb

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