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exploitive

/ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/
ex · ploit · ive
Adverb:exploitively
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exploitive Lexical Profile

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• adjective

1

Making use of a situation, resource, or person in an unfair, unethical, or selfish way for one's own advantage or profit.

Example

"Labor advocates criticized the factory's exploitive working conditions and demanded immediate wage reforms."

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Word Nuance & Usage

"Exploitive" and "exploitative" are interchangeable variants, though "exploitative" is significantly more common in both American and British formal writing.

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• Nearby Words

exploitative
exploitatively
exploiter
exploitive
exploitively
explorable
exploration

Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in the late 19th century from the verb "exploit" (from Old French esploit, meaning achievement or advantage, ultimately from Latin explicitum) combined with the adjective-forming suffix "-ive".

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Exploitive. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/exploitive
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