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- adjective Being physically or psychologically
dependent on something. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
addict .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming
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Examples
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KING: Were you encouraged, Robert Redford, by the president using the term addicted to oil in the State of the Union?
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KING: Were you encouraged, Robert Redford, by the president using the term addicted to oil in the State of the Union?
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And coming to the aid of the addicted is Alan Klein, a Minnesotan who three years ago launched the McRib Locator, a site that tracks appearances of the Yeti-like sandwich.
The McRib locator: Tracking the Bigfoot of McDonald's sandwiches Liz Kelly 2010
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The problem is that most corporate cultures remain addicted to the draining ethic of more, bigger, faster.
Tony Schwartz: Why Companies Should Insist That Employees Take Naps Tony Schwartz 2010
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You forgot to add: so that we can remain addicted to a fuel source that is controlled by the middle east!
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The problem is that most corporate cultures remain addicted to the draining ethic of more, bigger, faster.
Tony Schwartz: Why Companies Should Insist That Employees Take Naps Tony Schwartz 2010
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The problem with Lindsay Lonely and a lot of celebrities who are addicted is that they get coddled.
David Wygant: Is Lindsay Lohan Really Lindsay Lonely? David Wygant 2010
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The problem is that most corporate cultures remain addicted to the draining ethic of more, bigger, faster.
Tony Schwartz: Why Companies Should Insist That Employees Take Naps Tony Schwartz 2010
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Retelling the evolution of humans and 'reward' brain chemistry and addiction (or habituation), combined with peer status, to posit the moral of the story: Being overconsumption-addicted is a death grip -- our own.
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The problem with Lindsay Lonely and a lot of celebrities who are addicted is that they get coddled.
David Wygant: Is Lindsay Lohan Really Lindsay Lonely? David Wygant 2010
uselessness commented on the word addicted
adj. Of or pertaining to users of Wordie. See also: crack cocaine, OxyContin.
December 16, 2006
Prolagus commented on the word addicted
Addicted to web-surfing?
November 25, 2008