exploitative /ɛkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ adjective3 •In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or somethingWe are protesting the company's exploitative policies. •Of or relating to exploitation. •Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms.In this model, because competition among consumers is merely exploitative, the consumer species do not directly influence each other's fitness. […] only through their effect on resource abundance, y. — 2005 formsmore exploitative · most exploitative