Meaning & use
Exploitive
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Taking unfair advantage of someone or something, typically for profit or personal gain.
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Critics called the factory's labor practices exploitive and unsafe.
The documentary exposed exploitive lending schemes targeting the elderly.
A note on using this word
A slightly less common variant of "exploitative"; both spellings appear in dictionaries and are used interchangeably.
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exploitativeabusive
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