exploitive

adj

exploitive

adj

/ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/

Etymology From exploit + -ive.

1

Exploitative: taking advantage of someone

  • The University of Phoenix, a for-profit educational institution, has turned the traditional relationship between athletics and higher education on its head, reducing it to its commercially exploitive essence.2009 January 17, William C. Rhoden, “University Sells Itself During Playoffs”, in New York Times:
Derived terms
exploitively, exploitiveness, nonexploitive

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