exploitativeadjective
uk/ɪkˈsplɔɪ.tə.tɪv/us/ɪkˈsplɔɪ.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/using someone unfairly for your own advantage
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- lay a finger on sb idiom
- put sb through sth
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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Examples from literature
- Other exploitative human activity based in utilitarianism is not crass or all so obviously wrong, especially in today's context.
- Such exploitative activities have led our species the full length of the road from the Stone Age to the sophisticated and powerful technological civilization of present times.