opportunistic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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adjective taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit

From opportunist + -ic.

General Young was one such an opportunistic militarist. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
"I'll bet that's not all he did, you opportunistic son of a bitch." — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
It forms a kind of cross-roads where social Christianity, enlightened conservatism, progressive democracy, and opportunistic socialism all come together. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide

opportunist, timeserving

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