exploitative
adjective
taking unfair or unethical advantage of a person, group, or situation for the purpose of profit, comfort, or advancement.
exploitatively
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a word derived from
exploitative.
Example Sentences
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“The Blue Trail” doesn’t shoot her exploitatively, just affectionately.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
For them and other refugees, it had been a difficult journey north, disorderly and exploitatively priced.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2023
After his exploitatively stage-managed burial by sea, his widow, Liu Xia, disappeared from public view.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2021
A member of Cosby’s PR team also read a scathing statement from the comedian’s wife, Camille, in which she called Steele “heinously and exploitatively ambitious” and the lawyers for Cosby’s accusers “unethical.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2017
Fifty years ago, there wasn't much you could do with Mighty Joe except display him exploitatively in a nightclub.
From Time Magazine Archive
