exploitative
In the nature of exploitationIn the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something
» Addiction is not a personal failing but an aspect of an exploitative system.
Meaning
3 sensesIn the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something
We are protesting the company's exploitative policies.
(broadly)Of or relating to exploitation.
Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms.
- tending to exploit or make use of
Examples
5 sentencesAddiction is not a personal failing but an aspect of an exploitative system.
Exploitative companies are avoided by the workforce.
Zoos are exploitative.
Gambling needs to be looked at not as a personal failing, but as an aspect of an exploitative system.
Wars arose and became a regular occurrence after the split of society into hostile classes and the formation of exploitative states.
ruВойны возникли и стали регулярным явлением после раскола общества на враждебные классы и после образования эксплуататорских государств.
deKriege entbrannten und verstetigten sich nach der Spaltung der Gesellschaft in feindselige Klassen und der Bildung ausbeuterischer Staaten.
Origin
From exploit + -ative. Compare exploitive.From exploit + -ative. Compare exploitive.
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Forms
more exploitative, most exploitative| Comparative | more exploitative Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most exploitative Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- tending to exploit or make use of:exploitatoryexploitive
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form