rife
adjective
[ rʌɪf ]
• (especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread.
• "male chauvinism was rife in medicine"
Similar:
widespread,
general,
common,
universal,
extensive,
ubiquitous,
global,
omnipresent,
everywhere,
present everywhere,
pandemic,
epidemic,
endemic,
inescapable,
insidious,
prevalent,
penetrating,
pervading,
pervasive,
permeating,
immanent,
permeative,
suffusive,
permeant,
rife
adverb
• in an unchecked or widespread manner.
• "speculation ran rife that he was an arms dealer"
Origin:
late Old English rȳfe, probably from Old Norse rīfr ‘acceptable’.
