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  • verb Present participle of addict.
  • adjective US Causing addiction.
  • verb Present participle of addict.

Etymologies

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addict +β€Ž -ing

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  • Both processes result in addicting games, but it’s like involuntary manslaughter versus murder.

    Hacking Traction: The Dark Side of Marketing Optimization 2009

  • I'm on the computer all the time; it's my work, but because that's seen as productive, it's not called addicting, even though there are such things as workaholics.

    Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Gaming addiction camp 2009

  • In 2004 leading researchers in the field of prenatal exposure to drugs signed an open letter explaining that these women are not "addicting" their "unborn babies."

    Lynn M. Paltrow: Do People Who Support "Traditional Values" Value Pregnant Women? 2009

  • Actually these lists are kind of addicting but don't you think you're getting a bit greedy Time?

    Charlotte Hilton Andersen: The Top 10 Worst Top 10 Lists of 2008 2009

  • We say a good book is one you can't put down, and some books will take you just as long to read as a complete play through a game, but we don't say that a book is "addicting".

    Brenda on Video Games and the Media 2008

  • JOSH WALKER, STUDENT: It's kind of addicting, you know?

    CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2008 2008

  • Since nobody really needs a new Miu Miu clutch bag, the idea is to entertain -- to be "addicting," as Ben Fischman, founder of RueLaLa. com, puts it.

    Gucci-Stalking: 2008

  • This is why Purdue won every single lawsuit filed against it for "addicting" particular patients.

    Maia Szalavitz: The Media's Not Telling the Whole Oxycontin Story 2008

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