exploitableadj.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈsplɔɪtəbl/,

/ɛkˈsplɔɪtəbl/, U.S.

/ᵻkˈsplɔɪdəbəl/,

/ɛkˈsplɔɪdəbəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: exploit v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < exploit v. + -able suffix. Compare Middle French, French exploitable (of natural resources) that can be harvested or extracted, that can be used to make a profit (1690), that can be taken (often unfair) advantage of (1832; late 14th cent. in Middle French as explectable in sense ‘that can be seized’).In sense 1 apparently after a corresponding use of French exploitable (apparently only recorded by Cotgrave: compare quot. 1611).

†1. Achievable; easily accomplished. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible

openOE

possiblec1384

doablec1443

feasiblec1460

agible?a1475

performable1548

parable1563

practiceable1570

compassable1581

factible1585

effectuable1590

practicable1593

exploitable1611

achievable1634

effectible1646

operable1646

accomplishable1657

perpetrable1680

workable1756

executable1796

expeditable1820

workable1822

powerable1860

runnable1860

manageable1866

actable1876

viable1955

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Exploitable [Fr.], Exploitable, dispatchable..readie to be performed, easie to be done.

2. Of a natural resource: that can be harvested or extracted.

ΚΠ

1870 F. Prime tr. B. von Cotta Treat. Ore Deposits 166 This prolongation is surrounded by a border of Zechstein whose strata..contain exploitable ores.

1905 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 2 Sept. 391/3 Besides these [coal] seams, which are probably exploitable, other coal-bearing horizons have been found that are believed to be of no commercial importance.

1951 Economist 8 Dec. 1436 Deposits of native sulphur as ore are found in many countries of the world although the geological nature of the formations is such that they are not exploitable.

2007 L. Salgado in Z. Gasparini et al. Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles i. 11 At first, the state focused geological activity on the search for exploitable resources.

3. That can be taken advantage of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > usable > able to be turned to account

improvable1629

exploitable1887

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused > manipulated or exploited > able to be

exploitable1887

1887 tr. K. Marx Capital II. xxv. 633 This excess of capital..makes exploitable labour-power [Ger. die exploitable Arbeitskraft] insufficient.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxi. 378 I'm not indefinitely exploitable.

1986 M. Egremont Dear Shadows vii. 60 The Erdleys and their advisers had recently hired a London public relations firm to watch for any trend or craze that might be commercially exploitable.

1999 Independent 8 Nov. (Media Plus section) 5/2 The concept of the child's ‘pester power’ becomes an exploitable reality from the age of four.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	exploitable
释义	exploitableadj. Brit. /ᵻkˈsplɔɪtəbl/, /ɛkˈsplɔɪtəbl/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsplɔɪdəbəl/, /ɛkˈsplɔɪdəbəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: exploit v., -able suffix. Etymology: < exploit v. + -able suffix. Compare Middle French, French exploitable (of natural resources) that can be harvested or extracted, that can be used to make a profit (1690), that can be taken (often unfair) advantage of (1832; late 14th cent. in Middle French as explectable in sense ‘that can be seized’).In sense 1 apparently after a corresponding use of French exploitable (apparently only recorded by Cotgrave: compare quot. 1611). †1. Achievable; easily accomplished. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible openOE possiblec1384 doablec1443 feasiblec1460 agible?a1475 performable1548 parable1563 practiceable1570 compassable1581 factible1585 effectuable1590 practicable1593 exploitable1611 achievable1634 effectible1646 operable1646 accomplishable1657 perpetrable1680 workable1756 executable1796 expeditable1820 workable1822 powerable1860 runnable1860 manageable1866 actable1876 viable1955 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Exploitable [Fr.], Exploitable, dispatchable..readie to be performed, easie to be done. 2. Of a natural resource: that can be harvested or extracted. ΚΠ 1870 F. Prime tr. B. von Cotta Treat. Ore Deposits 166 This prolongation is surrounded by a border of Zechstein whose strata..contain exploitable ores. 1905 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 2 Sept. 391/3 Besides these [coal] seams, which are probably exploitable, other coal-bearing horizons have been found that are believed to be of no commercial importance. 1951 Economist 8 Dec. 1436 Deposits of native sulphur as ore are found in many countries of the world although the geological nature of the formations is such that they are not exploitable. 2007 L. Salgado in Z. Gasparini et al. Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles i. 11 At first, the state focused geological activity on the search for exploitable resources. 3. That can be taken advantage of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > usable > able to be turned to account improvable1629 exploitable1887 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused > manipulated or exploited > able to be exploitable1887 1887 tr. K. Marx Capital II. xxv. 633 This excess of capital..makes exploitable labour-power [Ger. die exploitable Arbeitskraft] insufficient. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxi. 378 I'm not indefinitely exploitable. 1986 M. Egremont Dear Shadows vii. 60 The Erdleys and their advisers had recently hired a London public relations firm to watch for any trend or craze that might be commercially exploitable. 1999 Independent 8 Nov. (Media Plus section) 5/2 The concept of the child's ‘pester power’ becomes an exploitable reality from the age of four. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611
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