habit-forming
tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
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How to use habit-forming in a sentence
It is like a habit-forming drug that, in victory, saps your elation and, in defeat, deepens your despair.
The Night Vince Lombardi Lay Awake Brooding Over a 49-0 Win | W.C. Heinz | January 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDr. Nick says he asked large pharmaceutical companies to make placebos for Elvis for those pills that might be habit forming.
Freedom from the deleterious action or habit-forming tendencies of the opiates.
So-called non-alcoholic bottled beverages often contain alcohol or a habit-forming drug and are usually colored with aniline.
The Holy Earth | L. H. BaileyAll habit-forming involves the beginning of an intellectual specialization which if unchecked ends in thoughtless action.
Human Nature and Conduct | John Dewey
Congress has just passed a bill aiming to regulate the traffic in habit-forming drugs.
Habits that Handicap | Charles B. TownsThe major part of the habit-forming drugs used in the United States is consumed by the under-world.
Habits that Handicap | Charles B. Towns
British Dictionary definitions for habit-forming
(of an activity, indulgence, etc) tending to become a habit or addiction
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