exploitive

Example Sentences

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It just feels really wrong and incredibly exploitive and the industry is such an exploitative industry.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 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

Some people who have never met Mason Reese in person unfairly assume that he is a spoiled brat with pushy, exploitive parents.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max