- present participle of exploit.
exploiting
Americannoun
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the act of utilizing something, especially for profit.
More resources should be allocated to the exploiting of the local market by attracting more business to the region.
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the act of using a person or thing selfishly for one’s own ends.
When I saw the commercial, I was appalled at the exploiting of children's sorrow for corporate gain.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of exploiting
First recorded in 1830–40; exploit 2 ( def. ) + -ing 1 ( def. ) for the noun senses; exploit 2 ( def. ) + -ing 2 ( def. ) for the adjective sense
Example Sentences
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Whether the genre is romantasy or autofiction, making up stories often demands making up stories about real people — exploiting them — to serve a narrative purpose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
A Treasury official said the U.S. dollar shipments to Iraq resumed after Baghdad committed to additional safeguards to prevent militia groups from exploiting the country’s financial system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Researchers have found that by exploiting quantum coherence, it may be possible to create engines that exceed those classical limits.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
The researchers devised a market-beating strategy for exploiting this discovery, buying those stocks that their LLM suggested would rise as the market fully discounted the pure news, and shorting stocks the model projected would fall.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 4, 2026
But the lab, which was rechristened Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1980, thrived and expanded by exploiting its productive relationship with the Air Force and the Navy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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