exploitatively
- adverb
- /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪvli/
:
de manera abusiva
- In the community, some individuals were accused of acting exploitatively by profiting from the labor of others without fair compensation.
Examples
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For that matter, San Gonzalo also surpasses the vindictiveness of other witches, since his prices are exploitatively high, which the Salasacas resent.
Academic text (1998) -
The company raised its fees exploitatively, taking advantage of desperate customers who had no other options.
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Many residents felt that the local landlord was charging exploitatively high rents, especially during the housing shortage.
Synonyms
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1.8
In a way that treats people or things differently and not right
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Doing something in a greedy way by taking more than is needed
In a way that uses others to get money or power
In a secret, dishonest way to get an unfair advantage
Antonyms
How Exploitative
Surface Forms
Morphology
exploitatively = exploitative (transparent) = exploit + ative + ly
Meaning 'in a manner that takes unfair advantage' follows directly from the adjective 'exploitative' plus the adverbial '-ly'.
Etymology
Exploitatively comes from the word exploit, and a helpful way to remember it is to see exploit like ploy, a 'tactic' or 'trick', which shows how it can mean taking advantage of others. So, to act exploitatively is to use someone or something unfairly to gain benefit.