parasitic

adj
/ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/UK/ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/CA/ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/

Etymology

From parasite + -ic.

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.

  2. Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.

  3. Exploiting another for personal gain.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Of emotional damages

      Of emotional damages: accompanying a physical or pecuniary injury.

    2. A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up…

      A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for parasitic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA