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

I’m pretty sure those tiny kids had no idea they were just being used to score candy for their exploitive parents.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2022

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 Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell