exploiting
- 1Present participle and gerund of exploit.
Critics accused the company of exploiting cheap labor in overseas factories.
The attackers kept exploiting the same weakness in the network.
Note
The -ing form does two jobs: a participle in progressive tenses (they kept exploiting the flaw) and a gerund heading a noun phrase (accused of exploiting cheap labor). Because exploit is transitive, both need an object, and the object usually sets the tone: exploiting a weakness is shrewd use, while exploiting people or their labor is an accusation of unfair gain. The noun exploit, a daring deed, has no -ing form.
exploiting is a form of exploit
exploit, verb: To make unfair use of another person's labor, body, or property for one's own gain. Full entry
- Spelling
- exploit → exploiting: add -ing
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