exploitable

exploitable

adjective

Definition of EXPLOITABLE

1

capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose <claimed that solar power is an exploitable form of energy that is being underutilized>

Synonyms available, employable, exploitable, fit, functional, operable, practicable, serviceable, useful

Related Words applicable, relevant; doable, feasible, viable, workable; reusable

Antonyms impracticable, inoperable, nonfunctional, unavailable, unemployable, unusable

2

readily taken advantage of <the group opposes commercials on TV shows for kids, believing that young viewers are too exploitable by advertisers>

Synonyms dewy-eyed, exploitable, gullible (also gullable), naive (or naïve), susceptible, trusting, unwary, wide-eyed

Related Words credulous, overcredulous, trustful, uncritical, unsuspecting, unsuspicious; artless, genuine, guileless, innocent, simple, unsophisticated, unworldly; fictile, malleable, pliable, pliant; deceivable; acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, obliging; yielding

Near Antonyms critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary; sophisticated; clear-eyed, clear-sighted, hardheaded; shrewd, street-smart, streetwise