exploitative

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #62868

Meanings

1

adj
In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something

We are protesting the company's exploitative policies.
2

adj
Of or relating to exploitation.

Carey McWilliams offers an exploitative theory to explain anti-Semitism.¹⁸ Social exclusion of Jews, he points out, commenced in the 1870’s just when huge fortunes were being made in industry and in railroading.
3

adj
Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms.

The ways in which tadpoles inhibit each other’s growth have been of particular interest since Richards (1958) and Rose (1960) first indicated that interference as well as exploitative mechanisms may be involved.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

exploitive

Word family

Derived forms counterexploitativeexploitativelyexploitativenessnonexploitativeoverexploitative

Etymology

From exploit + -ative. Compare exploitive.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# exploitative

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 62868

## Meanings
1. In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something
2. Of or relating to exploitation.
3. Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms.

## Examples
- We are protesting the company's exploitative policies.
- Carey McWilliams offers an exploitative theory to explain anti-Semitism.¹⁸ Social exclusion of Jews, he points out, commenced in the 1870’s just when huge fortunes were being made in industry and in railroading.
- The ways in which tadpoles inhibit each other’s growth have been of particular interest since Richards (1958) and Rose (1960) first indicated that interference as well as exploitative mechanisms may be involved.

## Synonyms
- exploitive

## Derived Forms
- counterexploitative
- exploitatively
- exploitativeness
- nonexploitative
- overexploitative

## Etymology
From exploit + -ative. Compare exploitive.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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