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(informal) An unconfirmed or unstudied variant or strain of COVID-19 that causes widespread panic..
Public health officials derided the X-MPLE strain as a "scariant" last night.
Initial reactions have been sceptical at best, with prominent experts suggesting the apparent new strain looks more like a “scariant” – an unconfirmed strain causing a global scare – than a variant.
Use scariant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scariant means (informal) An unconfirmed or unstudied variant or strain of COVID-19 that causes widespread panic..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Public health officials derided the X-MPLE strain as a "scariant" last night.
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