exploitative.

Using people or resources for advantage without adequate regard for their interests or limits.

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Words that belong together

• exploitative relationship
• exploitative practice

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The contract created an exploitative dependency.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more exploitative; superlative most exploitative when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.