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exploited

exploited

2 5.1
Treated unfairly so someone else gains
  • adjective
  • /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪd/
translation icon : explotado
  • The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has outlined protective guidelines for parents and children in its pamphlet, Child Safety on the Information Superhighway.
  • Exploited Children

Examples

  • There is always, always an invisible sort of supply chain of usually exploited labor hiding behind it.

  • But really being willing to work for free and to be totally exploited as a resource.

  • And it's the same way way here, you know, Arabs were exploited, all that, all that.

  • He has personal experience being exploited by not Jews, capitalists.

  • Virgin Australia's policy to prevent men from sitting next to the unaccompanied minors has supporters, including John Shehan of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States.

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  • Many workers feel that they are being exploited by their employers without fair compensation.

  • The documentary revealed how the factory's employees were exploited and forced to work long hours for little pay.

  • In developing countries, children are often exploited for cheap labor in dangerous conditions.

Synonyms

put-upon
vsexploited
7 7.2

Other people make someone do more than is fair

is more deliberate and benefits the person causing harm
ill-used
vsexploited
  • NSFW
1 8.1

Treated badly by other people

stresses unfair taking for another person's advantage
used
vsexploited
  • Informal
1 7.2

A person whom others take advantage of and do not respect

is unfairly taken for other people's benefit
victimized
vsexploited
  • US
6.4

Treated unfairly and made to suffer by other people

focuses more on being taken for someone else's benefit
mistreated
vsexploited
4.1

Treated cruelly or unfairly by other people

emphasizes unfair taking that serves another person's gain
abused
vsexploited
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4.2

Treated cruelly or violently, often more than once

is about unfair taking for another's advantage rather than violence

Antonyms

empowered
  • Formal
5 4.2

Having official power to make decisions

2.0

Given money or help by others

How Exploited

slave
746 3.4
exploited
2 5.1
victimized
  • US
6.4
unexploited
1 6.3

Surface Forms

exploited positive

Morphology

exploited = exploit (transparent) = exploit + ed

The adjective is the past participle of 'exploit' and the meaning 'taken advantage of unfairly' is a direct adjectival use of the verb's negative sense.

Etymology

Exploited also took on a negative sense of 'using' a person for your own gain, so an exploited person is someone who has been taken advantage of unfairly.