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exploitative

adjective as in exploitable

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To her great credit, Bradley captures her subject at some truly vulnerable moments—at one point we watch her immediate, emotional reaction to the death of her mentor Kobe Bryant—without ever coming off as exploitative.

From Time

Trafficking frequently looks like vulnerable people struggling to survive in a violent, exploitative world.

We may ban users based on these reports such as when we believe users are involved in sharing child exploitative imagery.

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Anti-racism is a particular framework that, for me, can still sit quite comfortably within exploitative systems.

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While some aspects of the exploitative kafala system have been scrapped, experts worry that the human toll of Qatar’s World Cup dreams are not being fully acknowledged.

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The added charge for access to hotel Wi-Fi is not only exploitative but increasingly irrelevant.

The sex workers I spoke with rightly call it “vile,” “gross,” “terrifying,” and “exploitative.”

Others have found its portrayal of Southern life offensive, exploitative, or inaccurate.

While human rights groups have called it exploitative, performers say it makes their lives in China better.

I think our intentions are good in trying to protect adolescents from exploitative, if not downright lecherous, adults.

Other exploitative human activity based in utilitarianism is not crass or all so obviously wrong, especially in today's context.

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On this page you'll find 89 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to exploitative, such as: credulous, dupable, exploitatory, exploitive, green, and gullible.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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