exploitive

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/ UK /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
taking unfair advantage of people or resources

They condemned the exploitive wages paid to seasonal pickers.

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Synonyms

1 adj · taking unfair advantage of... exploitative abusive oppressive predatorymanipulativeparasitic

Opposites

benevolent fair equitable

Word family

Related forms exploit exploiter exploitation

Etymology

From exploit + -ive. Exploit derives via Old French esploit from Latin explicitum, from explicare ('to unfold'), from ex- ('out') + plicare ('to fold').

esploit Old French explicare Latin plicare Latin

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# exploitive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv
**IPA (UK):** ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv

## Meanings
1. taking unfair advantage of people or resources

## Examples
- They condemned the exploitive wages paid to seasonal pickers.

## Synonyms
- exploitative
- abusive
- oppressive
- predatory
- manipulative
- parasitic

## Antonyms
- benevolent
- fair
- equitable

## Related Forms
- exploit
- exploiter
- exploitation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: esploit
- Root: explicare
- Root: plicare

## Etymology
From exploit + -ive. Exploit derives via Old French esploit from Latin explicitum, from explicare ('to unfold'), from ex- ('out') + plicare ('to fold').

## AI Etymology
Exploitive comes from exploit + -ive. Exploit derives via Old French esploit from Latin explicitum, from explicare ('to unfold'), from ex- ('out') + plicare ('to fold'). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: ex- and -ive marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as an adjective meaning "taking unfair advantage of people or resources", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as exploit, exploiter, and exploitation, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Old French esploit, Latin explicare, and Latin plicare, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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