If you describe something as exploitative, you disapprove of it because it treats people unfairly by using their work or ideas for its own advantage, and giving them very little in return.
[formal, disapproval]
...the exploitative nature of reality television.
exploitative in American English
(ɛkˈsplɔɪtətɪv; ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv)
adjective
1.
exploiting
2.
of exploitation
Also exˈploitive (ɛkˈsplɔɪtɪv)
Examples of 'exploitative' in a sentence
exploitative
They both seem vulnerable and this feels horribly exploitative.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An uncomfortable film that sometimes feels exploitative.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Our reality is exploitative capitalism.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He writes: 'It is simply untrue that all internships are exploitative relationships that only advantage the employer.