- a variation of exploitative.
exploitive
Example Sentences
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How much some of the agents are charging is exploitive of the athletes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
It can be the most empowering genre and it can also be the most exploitive.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 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
The newness of the country, the sparseness of population and the cheapness of land conspired with crops, climate and geological conditions to promote exploitive methods.
From American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
