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parasitical

adjective as in bloodsucking

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adjective as in freeloading

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adjective as in parasitic

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Example Sentences

He didn't call people with imperfect health the "Untermenschen," but the implication lingered throughout the hearing, as he repeatedly framed them as ignorant, lazy, and parasitical.

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It is helpful, because viruses are fundamentally parasitical, to understand their day-to-day existence through a framework similar to that used for comprehending other parasites.

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And there was Samuel Scott — taking a break from Brighteon videos that falsely asserted the coronavirus vaccine contained a parasitical and possibly self-aware organism — so that he could attend the service of his lifelong neighbor.

Ivermectin was developed as a treatment for parasitical diseases, mostly for veterinarians, though it’s also used against some human parasites.

Jefferson charged that the judiciary act was “a parasitical plant engrafted” on the “judicial body” as a last-ditch effort to thwart him.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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