exploitative
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exploit
▶verb /ɪkˈsplɔɪt, ɛk-/
- 1 make use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
- 2 make use of unfairly; benefit unjustly from the work of.
– derivatives
exploitable adjective,
exploitation noun,
exploitative adjective,
exploiter noun,
exploitive adjective.
exploitable adjective,
exploitation noun,
exploitative adjective,
exploiter noun,
exploitive adjective.
– origin ME (as n. in sense ‘success, progress’): from OFr. esploit, based on L. explicare (see explicate); the verb is from mod. Fr. exploiter.
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