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UK
/ɛksplˈɔɪtɪv/
]
[ US /ɛksˈpɫɔɪtɪv, ɪksˈpɫɔɪtɪv/ ]
[ US /ɛksˈpɫɔɪtɪv, ɪksˈpɫɔɪtɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- tending to exploit or make use of
How To Use exploitive In A Sentence
- From the media, governments want fair, consistent, non-exploitive treatment that appreciates the complexity of prosecuting a modern war.
- The ecosystem of value-added and exploitive businesses making a living off of Wikipedia will expand dramatically, which is bound to create plenty of unforeseen issues and controversies.
- While never titillating or exploitive, the love shared between Lana and Brandon is honest and very moving.
- As a result, girls reach menarche sooner and form clingy relationships, while boys become aggressive and sexually exploitive.
- Some teacher-exchange advocates consider any recruitment situation that forces applicants to go into debt to be exploitive.
- Defending their intrusion into private life, they argued that their literature was neither salacious nor exploitive.
- Is it just the slurs and condescension that make the situation exploitive or am I missing something?
- Woody Allen, like i say, i think of him in similar ways–went from funny-angry to just angry, real exploitive jerk in many ways, and god knows he logged in enough hours on the psych’s couch. i dunno. i think maybe it is a special hazard for people who become famous, but who knows–some people just kind of ossify at a certain point. Harlan Ellison Gropes Connie Willis
- At first blush, the situation appears exploitive.
- Exploitive styles must be conducted with great subtlety as very few counterparts are so desperate as to welcome or tolerate outright exploitation.