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parasitic

/,pærə'sɪtɪk/

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adjective
of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
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"a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses" "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"

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bloodsucking leechlike parasitical dependent
adjective
of or pertaining to epenthesis
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epenthetic
adjective
relating to or caused by parasites
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"parasitic infection"

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parasitical

Examples of parasitic

"a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"
"parasitic vines that strangle the trees"
"parasitic infection"