Definition of exploitative
: 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
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Recent Examples of exploitative from the Web
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Leanne has pushed her daughter into the same exploitative avenue.
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Plus, how can Mackenzie call anyone exploitative after that letter?
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Cuba’s party scene became an infamous stage for tourism at its most exploitative and indulgent, a wretched and poisonous case of bloat.
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Megan Garber argues that the show, with exploitative plotlines that treat racism as entertainment, is becoming harder and harder to defend. How Will Silicon Valley Work Without T.J. Miller?—
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But as the series grew more popular, some accused it of being exploitative and insensitive, especially in exposing so many secrets about a subject who was not alive to defend himself.
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Violent crime and harassment are huge part of its protagonists’ lives, but at some point, Liars became more exploitative than compelling.
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The company is trying to rehabilitate its image, without substantively changing any of its exploitative labor practices.
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The exploitative working conditions under Islam occurred from 2012 until May 2016, when the worker managed to escape, said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
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First Known Use of exploitative
1879
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