Meanings
comparative more exploitive · superlative most exploitive
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetending to exploit or make use of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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