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readdicting

readdicting adjective: with the potential to addict anew.

Adjective

readdicting (comparative more readdicting, superlative most readdicting)

  1. With the potential to addict anew.
    • Any substance — controlled or not — that makes a patient feel better is thus seen as potentially readdicting.1993, Colette Dowling, You Mean I Don't Have to Feel this Way?: New Help for Depression, Anxiety and Addiction, page 181
    • Once sugar has been removed from the diet, it is still possible to use it once in awhile,^([sic]) as it is not as readdicting as many stronger drugs.1996, Elson M. Haas, The Detox Diet: A How and When-to Guide for Cleansing the Body, page 53

Forms of readdicting

comparativemore readdicting
superlativemost readdicting
alternative formre-addicting

Origin of readdicting

From re- + addicting.

Questions about readdicting

What does readdicting mean?
Readdicting means with the potential to addict anew.
What part of speech is readdicting?
Readdicting is an adjective.

Words near readdicting in the dictionary

  1. readcounts
  2. readd
  3. readded
  4. readdict
  5. readdicted
  6. readdicting
  7. readdiction
  8. readdicts
  9. readding
  10. readdition
  11. readditions

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