readdicting

See also: re-addicting

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English addict

English -ing

English addicting

English readdicting

From re- + addicting.

readdicting (comparative more readdicting, superlative most readdicting)

With the potential to addict anew.
- 1993, Colette Dowling, You Mean I Don't Have to Feel this Way?: New Help for Depression, Anxiety and Addiction, page 181:
  Any substance — controlled or not — that makes a patient feel better is thus seen as potentially readdicting.
- 1996, Elson M. Haas, The Detox Diet: A How and When-to Guide for Cleansing the Body, page 53:
  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.