opportunistic
അവസരവാദ
definition
adjective
the change was cynical and opportunistic
exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle.
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Can this deep division, composed as it is of moral, political, strategic, tactical and 'opportunistic' elements, be bridged?
Given the uncertainties that envelope them, one cannot blame them for being servile, 'opportunistic' and selfish.
In addition, the extra carbon dioxide increases plant growth - particularly for 'opportunistic' species that thrive in cities, such as ragweed.
The majority of species are 'opportunistic' , preying upon anything they can overpower that comes within striking distance.
It would be even more disturbing should it emerge that the approach is an 'opportunistic' one, seeking merely to plunder industry without regard to the wider implications.
All patients had prior 'opportunistic' infections.
I personally was encouraged from an early age to regard your country as 'opportunistic' at minimum, greedy at best, and the worst bully in the playground at worst.
The drafters viewed power politics, and the 'opportunistic' use of Security Council vetoes, as an obstacle to individual accountability under international human rights law.
These factors increase parents' vulnerability to 'opportunistic' exploitation and raise their overall transaction costs with unfavourable implications for value creation.
People think of us as 'opportunistic' and selfish people who will do anything for power, and electing a leader on the basis of who will most likely return us to power is not a good way to go about changing that!
Tuberculosis is the most frequent 'opportunistic' infection amongst these patients with moderate to advanced immunosuppression.
Political ideologies are quite often 'opportunistic' with respect to institutional questions.
We are rapidly becoming a tawdry, mean, 'opportunistic' and expedient culture, which I suppose reflects our political leadership on both sides.
The company's voracious appetite for acquisitions was 'opportunistic' and did not follow a strategic plan, the report continues, and made it difficult for investors to compare results from year to year.
I think he took an 'opportunistic' political move in the area.
In advanced HIV infection, the presence of many 'opportunistic' infections affecting the lungs may cause difficulties in the diagnosis of TB.
In the movie, a political satire, Beatty plays an 'opportunistic' Democrat who starts being brutally honest on the stump, eventually even talking in rap and wearing the oversized clothes of a hip-hop kid.
Mr Flavin said the group would continue to increase sales through a combination of organic growth and 'opportunistic' acquisitions.
They are just so politically 'opportunistic' that they are willing to put their short-term partisan interest ahead of the long-term national interest.
Moreover, differential diagnosis to exclude 'opportunistic' infections is difficult, due to relatively similar clinical and laboratory presentations.
We have lashed out at those we fear and allowed ourselves to be manipulated by 'opportunistic' and exploitative politicians.
Politicians here should learn the lesson that people can see through such 'opportunistic' politiking.
It seems likely that this too was a politically 'opportunistic' decision.
I am proud to say that this Government's position is based on environmental integrity, whereas the Opposition's position is 'opportunistic' , and inconsistent with its earlier stance.
All that was needed was a sustained 'opportunistic' exploitation and minimal encouragement of what were still rather unimportant plant food sources.
These disruptions have allowed 'opportunistic' creatures to move in.
Similar to the orcas described in the story, the great white shark is an 'opportunistic' feeder.
The aforementioned birds are as 'opportunistic' as humans, at least as far as habitat goes.
Of the 43 patients with an 'opportunistic' infection, 36 had a predominance of nodules smaller than 1 cm in diameter.
Politicians, particularly brutally 'opportunistic' politicians, take their cue from the temper of the times.
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