- 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
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
Problems brought to the laboratory are tainted with the motive of industry which is not creative, but exploitive.
From Creative Impulse in Industry A Proposition for Educators by Helen Marot
