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Adjective: opportunistic  `ó-pur-t(y)oo'nis-tik
  1. Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
    "Opportunistic mycoses are caused by exogenous fungi that are globally present"
    - opportunist, timeserving

See also: expedient, opportunism

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