1) A one-sided relationship.

2) A situation between two individuals where one is always the giver and the other is always the taker.

3) The act of an exploiter or parasite

Taken from the Dead Sea in the Middle East in that waters flow into it, but nothing flows out. (i.e. it takes but never gives back)
I was a good friend to Adora but she was never one to me. She freely took from me but never gave back. It was your textbook Dead Sea Syndrome.
by Deus-ex-machina September 26, 2023
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