exploitive

Example Sentences

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And given that we are already in the process of destroying one planet, it makes little sense to bring our exploitive ways elsewhere.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024

They were actually instilling in the kids a sense of something very useful, without sort of putting the kids to work in a way that was, you know, exploitive.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023

"Wilson's actions could seriously undermine that confidence his exploitive behaviour will not be tolerated in West Mercia Police."

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023

“There’s something a bit ghoulishly exploitive about news outlets profiting from others’ misery without compensating them for their help when they need it most.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

We are not even conscious that industry is the great field for adventure and growth, because we use that field not for the creative but for the exploitive purpose.

From Creative Impulse in Industry A Proposition for Educators by Marot, Helen