opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving
(adjective) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
timeserving (usually uncountable, plural timeservings)
Alternative form of time-serving
• serving time
Source: Wiktionary
Time"serv`ing, a.
Definition: Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
Time"serv`ing, n.
Definition: An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.
Syn.
– Temporizing.
– Timeserving, Temporizing. Both these words are applied to the conduct of one who adapts himself servilely to times and seasons. A timeserver is rather active, and a temporizer, passive. One whose policy is timeserving comes forward to act upon principles or opinions which may promote his advancement; one who is temporizing yields to the current of public sentiment or prejudice, and shrinks from a course of action which might injure him with others. The former is dishonest; the latter is weak; and both are contemptible. Trimming and timeserving, which are but two words for the same thing, . . . produce confusion. South. [I] pronounce thee . . . a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
