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exploitive

/ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/

exploitive adjective: exploitative: taking advantage of someone.

Adjective

exploitive (comparative more exploitive, superlative most exploitive)

  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

Forms of exploitive

comparativemore exploitive
superlativemost exploitive

Origin of exploitive

From exploit + -ive.

Words formed from exploitive

Questions about exploitive

What does exploitive mean?
Exploitive means exploitative: taking advantage of someone.
What part of speech is exploitive?
Exploitive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce exploitive?
Exploitive is pronounced /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/.

Words near exploitive in the dictionary

  1. exploitered
  2. exploitering
  3. exploiters
  4. exploiteth
  5. exploiting
  6. exploitive
  7. exploitively
  8. exploitiveness
  9. exploits
  10. exploiture
  11. exploitures

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