parasitical

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English

Adjective

parasitical (comparative more parasitical, superlative most parasitical)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic.
    • 1826, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography:
      The parasitical plants render the forests impassable in many places
    • 2005, Stephen J. Pfohl, Culture, Power, and History:
      Unconventional, circulating, parasitical, the rogue state that is the essence of American empire enters the political bloodstream of world terrorism . . .

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