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Exploitation Pronunciation
Exploitation is pronounced ek-sploy-TAY-shuhn, IPA /ˌɛkˌsplɔɪˈteɪʃən/.
ek-sploy-TAY-shuhn
US /ˌɛkˌsplɔɪˈteɪʃən/ · UK /ɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃən/
Syllables: ek · sploy · TAY · shuhn (4 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: Unfair use of people for profit, or the commercial use of a natural resource.
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Exploitation in a Sentence
- The report documents the exploitation of migrant workers.
- Oil exploitation began in the 1960s.
- Laws against exploitation were tightened last year.
Common Mispronunciations of Exploitation
Not ik-SPLOY-tay-shuhn
Four beats, and TAY takes the force. Keeping the stress where exploit has it flattens the end of the word.
Not ek-splo-i-TAY-shuhn
The oi is one glide, sploy, so it fills a single beat.
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