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incumbent
     1. adj. Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
           Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.
     2. adj. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
     3. adj. Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
     4. adj. (botany, geology) Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.
     5. adj. (zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.
           the incumbent toe of a bird
     6. adj. Being the current holder of an office or a title.
           If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor.
     7. n. The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
     8. n. (business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.

Example Sentences

You claim integrity in your attack on the incumbent but lack the courage to offer a solution. 



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