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Definition of "exploitive" [exploitive]

  • Exploitative: taking advantage of someone (adjective)

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Use "exploitive" in a sentence
  • "Sociopaths take huge advantage of this automatic courtesy in exploitive situations."
  • "The bottom-line with respect to morality is that if you knowingly purchase goods produced in exploitive environments, you are morally implicated because you are subsidizing those environments."
  • "Obviously, one could have a moral problem with the consumption of products made in exploitive conditions, but see the moral costs of confiscating long-held property as even higher."