exploited
part of speech
verb, past form of exploit (exploit, exploits, exploited, exploiting); adjective (exploited)
meaning for a pupil
1) Treated unfairly by someone who uses you for their own gain, for example made to work hard for very little pay. tree →
2) Used fully and well, such as a resource or a chance. tree →
3) (computers) A weakness in a program that has been used by someone to break in. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and ethics lessons it describes workers, children or countries treated unfairly. In geography it describes natural resources that have been used: «the forest was exploited for wood». In games and computers it means a weakness was used. It tells the reader that someone took advantage. Phrases: exploited workers, feel exploited, be exploited by.
examples
- Long ago, many children were exploited in factories and mines. tree →
- The workers felt exploited because they were paid so little. tree →
- The team exploited every chance to score. tree →
- The coal under the hills was exploited for a hundred years. tree →
- The hacker exploited a weakness in the website. tree →
- She felt exploited when her friends only called her for help with homework. tree →
- Wind power is not yet fully exploited in some countries. tree →
note
Base verb: exploit; noun: exploitation. «An exploit» (stress on EX-) can also mean a brave or exciting deed: «tales of his exploits». The verb is stressed on -PLOIT. The unfair sense is the most common and is negative; the resource sense is neutral.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «exploited» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.