exploitative
adjective
ex·ploit·ative
ik-ˈsplȯi-tə-tiv 
ˈek-ˌsplȯi-
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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In addition to his musical accolades, Albini was also an outspoken critic of exploitative music industry practices and a remarkable poker player with two World Series of Poker gold bracelets.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 May 2025
Ruth wants Prima to make a moral judgment about Heiss’s behavior, to see it as a perhaps exploitative abuse of power—a kind of judgment that hadn’t previously occurred to Prima.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
Initially, many of these factories functioned as little more than exploitative sweatshops in which desperate young women sewed clothes for as little as five cents an hour (roughly $1 in 2025 dollars).
— Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
The controversy has ignited a debate online, with some defending Boosie’s intentions and others questioning whether the move was exploitative.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 May 2025
Ruth wants Prima to make a moral judgment about Heiss’s behavior, to see it as a perhaps exploitative abuse of power—a kind of judgment that hadn’t previously occurred to Prima.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
Initially, many of these factories functioned as little more than exploitative sweatshops in which desperate young women sewed clothes for as little as five cents an hour (roughly $1 in 2025 dollars).
— Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
The controversy has ignited a debate online, with some defending Boosie’s intentions and others questioning whether the move was exploitative.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Exploitative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploitative. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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