opportunistic
ਮੌਕਾਪ੍ਰਸਤ
definition
adjective
the change was cynical and opportunistic
exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle.
example
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!
The aforementioned birds are as 'opportunistic' as humans, at least as far as habitat goes.
We are rapidly becoming a tawdry, mean, 'opportunistic' and expedient culture, which I suppose reflects our political leadership on both sides.
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.
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.
Political ideologies are quite often 'opportunistic' with respect to institutional questions.
Mr Flavin said the group would continue to increase sales through a combination of organic growth and 'opportunistic' acquisitions.
These factors increase parents' vulnerability to 'opportunistic' exploitation and raise their overall transaction costs with unfavourable implications for value creation.
We have lashed out at those we fear and allowed ourselves to be manipulated by 'opportunistic' and exploitative politicians.
It seems likely that this too was a politically 'opportunistic' decision.
In advanced HIV infection, the presence of many 'opportunistic' infections affecting the lungs may cause difficulties in the diagnosis of TB.
In addition, the extra carbon dioxide increases plant growth - particularly for 'opportunistic' species that thrive in cities, such as ragweed.
Of the 43 patients with an 'opportunistic' infection, 36 had a predominance of nodules smaller than 1 cm in diameter.
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.
All that was needed was a sustained 'opportunistic' exploitation and minimal encouragement of what were still rather unimportant plant food sources.
All patients had prior 'opportunistic' infections.
I think he took an 'opportunistic' political move in the area.
Given the uncertainties that envelope them, one cannot blame them for being servile, 'opportunistic' and selfish.
These disruptions have allowed 'opportunistic' creatures to move in.
The drafters viewed power politics, and the 'opportunistic' use of Security Council vetoes, as an obstacle to individual accountability under international human rights law.
Tuberculosis is the most frequent 'opportunistic' infection amongst these patients with moderate to advanced immunosuppression.
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.
Politicians here should learn the lesson that people can see through such 'opportunistic' politiking.
Moreover, differential diagnosis to exclude 'opportunistic' infections is difficult, due to relatively similar clinical and laboratory presentations.
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.
Politicians, particularly brutally 'opportunistic' politicians, take their cue from the temper of the times.
Can this deep division, composed as it is of moral, political, strategic, tactical and 'opportunistic' elements, be bridged?
The majority of species are 'opportunistic' , preying upon anything they can overpower that comes within striking distance.
Similar to the orcas described in the story, the great white shark is an 'opportunistic' feeder.
They are just so politically 'opportunistic' that they are willing to put their short-term partisan interest ahead of the long-term national interest.
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