exploitative
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exploitative
- /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/
- /ɪksplɔɪˈteɪtɪv/
- /ɛkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ US
- /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ US
Where it comes from
From exploit + -ative. Compare exploitive.
adjective more exploitative · most exploitative
- In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something We are protesting the company's exploitative policies.
- Of or relating to exploitation. Carey McWilliams offers an exploitative theory to explain anti-Semitism.¹⁸ Social exclusion of Jews, he points out, commenced in the 1870’s just when huge fortunes were being made in industry and in railroading.
- Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms. The ways in which tadpoles inhibit each other’s growth have been of particular interest since Richards (1958) and Rose (1960) first indicated that interference as well as exploitative mechanisms may be involved.
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Talk about this word "exploitative." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/exploitative. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. exploitative. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/exploitative "exploitative." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/exploitative.Cite this
@misc{exploitative_2026,
title = {exploitative},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exploitative},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
