exploitative

adjective

ex·ploit·ative ik-ˈsplȯi-tə-tiv

ˈek-ˌsplȯi-

: exploiting or tending to exploit

especially : unfairly or cynically using another person or group for profit or advantage

exploitative terms of employment

an exploitative film

exploitatively adverb

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Far from being exploitative, the nudity in this scene was actually Hahn's idea. —

Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024 The story of a grassroots resistance mounted against the Indian government to protest exploitative farm laws. —

Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024 The counterargument is that even if the penalty provision is unfair or oppressive, and even if it was made at an especially exploitative moment, the Pac-12 still agreed to it. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024 This story of a coal miners’ strike is one of his better films, with union organizers combining Italian and Black laborers in West Virginia to wage an ultimate bloody war against their exploitative bosses. —

Will Leitch, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for exploitative