readdicting

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adjective

With the potential to addict anew.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivereaddicting (comparative more readdicting, superlative most readdicting)

comparative more readdicting · superlative most readdicting · alternative re-addicting

  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
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    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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishaddicting
  7. Englishreaddicting

From re- + addicting.

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APA

readdicting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readdicting

MLA

“readdicting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readdicting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “readdicting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readdicting.

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