habit-forming

[ hab-it-fawr-ming ]

adjective
  1. tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.

Origin of habit-forming

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby habit-forming

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How to use habit-forming in a sentence

  • Congress has just passed a bill aiming to regulate the traffic in habit-forming drugs.

    Habits that Handicap | Charles B. Towns
  • The 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

habit-forming

adjective
  1. (of an activity, indulgence, etc) tending to become a habit or addiction

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