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time-serving

noun timeserving

  1. uncountable Opportunism.
  2. uncountable The functionality of a timeserver.

adjective more time-serving · most time-serving · timeserving

  1. Opportunistic; conforming to the status quo in order to serve one's own interests. And the man who had just been engaged in the most time-serving neglect of former, and a most cringing anticipation of new patrons, became forthwith the kind and hospitable host of strangers who had no claim upon him beyond their own isolated situation.

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@misc{time_serving_2026,
  title = {time-serving},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/time-serving},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}