Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exploitive

/ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ploitive
IPA: /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exploitative: taking advantage of someone

Example Sentences

"The University of Phoenix, a for-profit educational institution, has turned the traditional relationship between athletics and higher education on its head, reducing it to its commercially exploitive essence."

Etymology

Etymology tree English exploit Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English exploitive From exploit + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more exploitive (comparative) most exploitive (superlative)

Derived Forms

exploitively exploitiveness nonexploitive

Synonyms

exploitative exploitatory

Questions

How do you pronounce exploitive?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/.
What does exploitive mean?: Exploitative: taking advantage of someone
Where does exploitive come from?: Etymology tree English exploit Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English exploitive From exploit + -ive.

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