Meanings
comparative more readdicting · superlative most readdicting · alternative re-addicting
- 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 1811 more example
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
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishaddicting
- Englishreaddicting
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readdicting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readdicting
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