exploitative
English
/ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/, /ɛkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/
adj
Definitions
- In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something
- (more generally) Of or relating to exploitation.
- (ecology) Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms.
Etymology
Suffix from English exploitation.
Origin
English
exploitation
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiexploitation English
- counterexploitation English
- counterexploitative English
- exploitation English
- exploitational English
- exploitationer English
- exploitatively English
- exploitativeness English
- nonexploitation English
- nonexploitative English
- nonexploitatively English
- overexploitation English
- overexploitative English
- superexploitation English
- underexploitation English
- exploitation French